Defense

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Defense

Our armed forces must be ready to safeguard America’s sovereignty by defending the homeland, establishing primacy in our hemisphere, and projecting strength to deter threats to our vital national interests. Success requires a strong national defense built on a vibrant economy, a robust defense industrial base, and patriotic Americans willing to serve.

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A Strategy to Revitalize the Defense Industrial Base for the 21st Century

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Commentary

Missile Defense Scores a Hit Baker Spring

Jul 8, 1999 3 min read

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The ABM Treaty with Russia: A Treaty That Never Was Baker Spring

Jul 6, 1999 4 min read

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China's Nuclear and Missile Espionage Heightens the Need for Missile Defense Baker Spring

Jul 2, 1999 23 min read

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Executive Summary: China's Nuclear and Missile Espionage Heightens the Need f... Baker Spring

Jul 2, 1999 3 min read

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The ABM Treaty and Missile Defense: Hearings Before the Senate Foreign Relati... Jack Spencer

Jun 29, 1999 35 min read

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Successful Missile Defense Test Shows Technologies Work Baker Spring

Jun 18, 1999 4 min read

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Maintaining Momentum for Missile Defense Baker Spring

Jun 1, 1999 20 min read

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White House Steps Back from National Missile Defense -- Again Thomas Moore

Apr 8, 1999 4 min read

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James Jay Carafano

Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow

Senior Policy Advisor, Allison Center for National Security

The Honorable Steve Yates

Senior Research Fellow and Chung Ju Yung Fellow

Senior Research Fellow, Allison Center for National Security

Robert Greenway

Director, Allison Center for National Security

Senior Research Fellow and Assistant Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for National Securit

Senior Research Associate, Allison Center

@Jim_Fein

Research Associate, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

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