Space Arms Control News Today

The United States now finds itself in a favorable positionregarding the use of space for military purposes, but its leadshould not be taken for granted. Today's emerging space powers,such as China, Iran, and North Korea, are not likely to be thebenign force that the United States is today and will be in thefuture.

The Obama Administration’s plan for ballistic missile defense and its proposed FY 2011 budget for the missile defense program would leave the program treading water. At the same time, the threat of ballistic missile attack on the U.S. and its allies will continue to increase as more state and non-state actors gain and improve the missile capabilities. Congress should begin to correct the Administration's mistakes by adding $1.358 billion to the FY 2011 missile defense budget, preventing t...

Senate consideration of New START can wait