Missle Defense

What is thought of when someone says, “It is time to go to war”? Is it the thousands of troops that are sent overseas? Maybe it is the aircraft that will be sent to bomb the enemy? These things represent “war” in many people’s minds. How often does one think about losing his or her life to a long range missile strike set in action from thousands of miles away? With the increasing technology of the human race this scenario is becoming more realistic everyday. The ability of a rogue nation to acquire and employ long range ballistic and cruise missiles makes a missile defense system necessary, as soon as possible, in order to assure the safety of the United States.
The first successful use of a ballistic and cruise missiles took place during World War II. “The Germans employed two competing systems: the V-1 cruise missile and the V-2 ballistic missile” (Carus 2). At this time, the technology was not available to produce a long range cruise missile that was acc...