+system.jpg "Thanks to decisions made decades ago, the United States now enjoys a good measure of protection against limited nuclear ballistic missile strikes")
Ten years ago this month, the United States began to address its vulnerability to limited long-range nuclear missile strikes when the first ground-based interceptor (GBI) became operational at Fort Greely, Alaska. The president and Congress share a joint duty to protect the American people and not allow potential adversaries to hold U.S. foreign policy hostage by threatening nuclear attacks against our homeland.
Yet despite this consensus, our homeland missile defense system is not as robust as it must be to stay ahead of a growing range of threats.
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