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U.S. Needs New Approach To Missile Defense, Expert Says

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016

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U.S. Needs New Approach To Missile Defense, Expert Says

The electromagnetic railgun on display at the Naval Future Forces Science and Technology Expo in 2015. (Photo: Defense Daily)

The United States should shore up its defenses against the growing threat of conventionally armed ballistic and cruise missiles, the head of a Washington, D.C., think-tank said Oct. 11.U.S. missile defense programs are currently focused on using large, expensive interceptors to destroy small numbers of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles, such as those that could be fired by North Korea. But American and allied bases in East Asia and elsewhere are increasingly vulnerable to massive volleys of conventional, precision-guided weapons that could…

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