The Washington Times

Escalating ballistic missile threats remind us that homeland missile defense is now more important than ever. Iran’s recent attack against our forces deployed in Iraq is testimony to that reality.

As a retired U.S. Navy admiral and former deputy assistant secretary of Defense, I have seen first-hand over the last 20 years the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) developing the most sophisticated layered and successful ballistic missile defense capability in existence.

A critical component of the system’s Ground-Based Interceptors (GBI) is the kill vehicle — the bullet that hits the incoming threat. Yet the United States has just 44 GBIs, and only deployed along the West Coast in Alaska and California.

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