The Defense Department has released the first report since 2010 on the state of America’s ballistic-missile defenses. The Missile Defense Review shows that missile defense is finally coming of age—36 years after President Reagan unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative. Technologies to defend America from missile and nuclear attack were once the stuff of dreams. The challenge will be to develop and deploy those technologies in smart and effective ways. By far the best way to protect...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 30, 2019 23:24 UTC