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In an April 6 press briefing at the Pentagon, Secretary of DefenseRobert Gates announced sweeping changes in a variety of defensemodernization. Congress and the American people need to understandwhy there are serious contradictions in Secretary Gates's announcedplan.

Next-Generation Interceptor technologies are taking shape, early prototype components are being built, and weapons developers are achieving breakthroughs. 

As a candidate, Barack Obama called ballistic missile defense programs “unproven” and vowed to cut them.[1] As President, Barack Obama eventually had to appreciate the value that missile defense brings to the U.S. strategic posture and allied relationships. The Obama Administration initially cancelled some of the most important missile defense programs that were started after the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002.

A push is underway to create a next-generation interceptor by the end of the decade. The Pentagon is massively fast-tracking its Next-Generation Interceptor program to deploy a missile defense technology capable of tracking and destroying a new sphere of enemy threats to include high-speed, precision-guided intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and hypersonic weapons potentially traveling through space.  Mobile ICBM launchers, nuclear weapons traveling at hypersonic speeds, multiple prec...

The missile defense of the future is being designed and planned today. There are many very serious threats the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the defense industry are working quickly to counter. These dangers include mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and nuclear weapons traveling at hypersonic speeds. Also of concern are multiple precision-guided re-entry vehicles and multiple missiles attack at once, each with several separating warheads. The MDA hopes to counter these probl...