American know-how can surmount virtually any obstacle. The Navy brass and their Pentagon bosses swear by it, and it easily could form the basis of a global missile defense. An 80 percent success rate suggests we re doing something right. Another reason missile defense gets a bum rap is the half-hearted support President Clinton gave it while he was in office. In effect, we were trying to get the job done with our hands tied.
Presidential leadership is the key here.
Just think what would have happened to NASA s Apollo program without the unqualified support of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. Forget about asteroids we d probably still be trying to land on the moon. Now more than ever, the United States needs a missile defense. If any nation can create a missile defense, we can. American technology has split atoms.