First, stir up more trouble with Iran and N Korea, then increase spending on major defence contracts. Works every time.
The move comes as North Korea and Iran make advances in ballistic missile production, and as Russia and China press forward with sophisticated cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles that potentially threaten the security of U.S. forces and allies in Europe and Asia. According to a summary of a new strategy that President Trump plans to roll out personally on Thursday alongside military leaders at the Pentagon, the administration's response is to call for urgent new investments in missile-defense technologies across the board, many of which the Pentagon pursued during the Cold War but abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union. | |  | | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | News Alert | Jan 16, 9:00 PM | | | | | | Pentagon seeks to expand scope and sophistication of U.S. missile defenses on scale not seen since Reagan's 'Star Wars' initiative | The move comes as North Korea and Iran make advances in ballistic missile production, and as Russia and China press forward with sophisticated cruise missiles, short-range ballistic missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles that potentially threaten the security of U.S. forces and allies in Europe and Asia. According to a summary of a new strategy that President Trump plans to roll out personally on Thursday alongside military leaders at the Pentagon, the administration's response is to call for urgent new investments in missile-defense technologies across the board, many of which the Pentagon pursued during the Cold War but abandoned after the collapse of the Soviet Union. | | Read more » | | | |
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