PRESIDENT BUSH has made much of his resolution to defend the American people against terrorists and rogue states. This is laudable. But take a close look at a major part of his strategy – national missile defence – and you may wonder if he is going about it the right way.
NMD is a ground-based system that the White House claims will be capable of intercepting any long-range ballistic missile launched at the US. This is optimistic at best. Even though it is due to go operational in the next few weeks, the system is nowhere near ready and has not been…
