BATTLEFIELD OF THE FUTURE

NEW-ERA WARFARE
Terminal-phase Intercept
Finally, we have terminal defense, where most of our work is
now done . The most logical elements would be development of
an improved Patriot ; Theater High Altitude Area Defense
(THAAD), a ground-based system by the Army ; and/or Navy
Lower Tier .
However, I worry about this . Will these ground-based
systems address the future threat? Too often, when people
approve building a theater missile defense, they are talking
about building a missile defense against a benign nonthreat, a
Scud-like threat . Remember, the Scud wasn't even good
enough for Saddam . Even if we deploy one of these systemssuch
as THAADwe still need a cold-body tracker in space . If
I'm sitting here with my THAAD missile and somebody
launches a ballistic missile at me, I still need very definite data
as to where that missile is so that I can launch my THAAD
before knowing where it's aimed . So warning is not enoughwe
need to have accurate information about where the missile
is . A cold-body tracker doubles the range of your groundbased
or ship-based systems . But again, to deploy that tracker
requires ABM Treaty changes .
Need for a Robust TMD
The technology for building effective ballistic missile
defenses is available today . The dollars have been spent, and
countries are clamoring for ballistic missile defenses . I believe
that we must be concerned about what kind of ballistic-missile
defenses we're allowed to build . Those concerns have to be
voiced, or else we will wind up with a noneffective system
against fair-to-reasonable threats . If space systems can give us
the capability we need to defend our men and women when
they are overseas, let alone defend the United States, then we
need to seek that . If that means we need to work with the
Russians to change the ABM Treaty, that's what we need to
do .
Let's talk about the ABM Treaty . I believe the ABM Treaty is
a cold war hang-over . is the cold war over? If you look at the
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