Resolved: The United States of America needs a Missle Defense System.

(sorry wasn't able to post all of my case, ran out of room.) ----U.S. defense can only defend certain point. Lambkins 07( writer, written march 07, http://www.spacedebate.org..., accessed Oct. 31, 2011, AL) Conversely, ground interceptors that are near the target can defend only a small area, but they can potentially protect that point from launches anywhere in the world. Yet it is simply unaffordable to do a point defense for every place you want to defend in the United States, every place that U.S. forces go, or everywhere that our allies are. The ability to do area defense - to defend against multiple launch points as opposed to doing point defense of a very limited area - is fundamental to successful missile defense. We’ll be using NASA and the DOT. We will reallocate $170 million from NASA’s existing budget by taking $100 million from the exploration research and development department, $43 million from the education fund, and $27 million from the space technology fund.This will be enforced through normal means. We reserve the right to fiat and define all terms. Advantage 1: Areospace ____. The Aerospace industry will grow in the Status Quo – In fact, the U.S. markets are stimulating global growth now. iStockAnalyst 2010 (iStockAnalyst forecasts market growth in economic sectors. December 13th, 2010, “Aerospace Industry to Grow Faster on Asian Growth”, http://www.istockanalyst.com...) During the financial-crisis of 2008, Aerospace industry was the hit hard sector. However, it has recovered and now growing at a faster rate. According to a report, the general aerospace and defense market is forecasted to register a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of over 5 percent during 2011 - 2013.The Global Aerospace industry has witnessed an impressive growth in the last few years, with civil aviation segment emerging over commercial aviation segment as the biggest contributor towards the growth of the industry. The USand European countries are the dominant markets for the aerospace industry and are acting as catalyst for the overall industry growth. ____. The Aerospace industry will grow in 2011 AMD 2011(Aerospace Manufacturing & Design Magazine “Positive predictions for 2011”, FEBRUARY 2011, http://www.onlineamd.com...) What is ahead for the aerospace industry in 2011 and beyond? How can small and medium sized firms plan in today’s narrow field of new weapon systems, a global economy in transition, and an ever changing challenge of new and advanced science and technology? The best way to plan is to trust your instruments, or the aerospace indicators. Based on today’s data, the gauges and instruments are clear that 2011 will be a year of growth. According to the “Aerospace Economic Report and Outlook 2010,”recently published by Embry-RiddleAeronautical University(Barr et. al.), major OEMs and primeslike Boeing, Lockheed Martin, EADS, and others forecast the near and long term future of aerospace manufacturing on the growth ofGross Domestic Product (GDP). The underlying principal is that the economy changes first, either up or down, and then the industry simply follows suit. Tracking the GDP, one clearly sees the trend of the economy. ____. The Aerospace Sector is growing – Elbit Systems is the top growing aerospace market businesses and grew 62% CNN Money 2010 (This was a table and I’m sorry. Here’s the table below it. “100 fastest-growing companies”, Pre-March 2010, http://money.cnn.com...) Company Elbit Systems Fastest-growing rank 56 $ millions (past 4 qtrs.) 2,793.7% growth (3 yr. annual rate) 23$ millions (past 4 qtrs.) $234.6 % growth (3 yr. annual rate) 62. Now on to the attack by my opponet.Under Inherency 1, I would like my opponent to clarify exactly what "this" is in his tagline. The evidence seems to suggest the mysterious "this" is an EMP attack. But it is not clear and I would like him to clarify this, or we don't know what point he is trying to make.By this I'm saying that DOD hasn't done anything to prepare for an EMP strike against the U.S. True we have the world's strongest military but we're wide open for an attack. Not only are we wide open but our troops are spread out across the globe from Japan to Austriala and the middle east. This begs the question: "Are we in danger of an attack from Russia, China, Iran, or a ship-based attack?" There is no reason to believe, and the Pro has not brought any evidence in favor of, the affirmative.This was a senario we can be attacked from a terrorist group even in todays world we can be hit by anyone anytime from anywhere.SolvencyJust an FYI my solvency began at my Harvey 09 card for some reason it didn't copy and paste. Con states he has the same refute for these as the other so this didn't need to be touched.This begs the question: "Are we in danger of an attack from Russia, China, Iran, or a ship-based attack?" There is no reason to believe, and the Pro has not brought any evidence in favor of, the affirmative.Like I said at the top I ran out of room to put my advantages.GBMDSCard at top of page. The only MDS we have are in Alaska and California. We have nothing to cover us in the east coast area.SBMDS Expensive Your card saying it is expensive is in 03 but mine in 09 is more updated so therefore we should look at mine over his.