“... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.” Would BeDefenseLastingMissilesMissile Defense Book:Hard Choices Source: Hard Choices
“Joy explodes throughout the book of Psalms like fireworks, and is the most potent anti-missile defense system there is.” BookJoyDefenseMissilesPsalmsFireworksMissile DefenseBook Of Psalms Author:Lynn Austin
“Russia doesn't want any arms race. Russia would not engage in the arms race. We have enough technological means to provide not very expensive answer to the efforts to build missile defense.” WantMeanEnoughAnswersEffortRaceArmsDefenseRussiaExpensiveTechnologicalMissilesArms RaceMissile Defense Author:Sergey Lavrov
“As far as missile defense is concerned, a very thorough consultation process is underway.” ProcessConcernedDefenseMissilesThoroughConsultationMissile Defense Author:Gerhard Schroder
“I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.” CuttingInvestmentDefenseMissilesMissile Defense Author:Barack Obama
“We are using missile defense to protect our civilians, and they're using their civilians to protect their missiles.” ProtectDefenseCiviliansMissilesMissile Defense Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I will not speak to Vladimir Putin personally until we've rebuilt the 6th Fleet a little bit right under his nose; rebuilt the missile defense program in Poland right under his nose; and conducted a few military exercises in the Baltic states.” LittlesStatesSpeakBitsMilitaryExerciseLittle BitProgramDefenseNosesPutinMissilesPolandMissile Defense Author:Carly Fiorina
“The problem is, you have to look at Afghanistan also in a global context where we've canceled basically our missile defense system undercutting the Czech Republic in Poland. We've I think not dealt with Iran with the kind of resolve that would show that we understand the nature of that threat.” ThinkingLooksKindShowsProblemThreatDefenseIranResolveRepublicAfghanistanMissilesPolandCzechCzech RepublicMissile Defense Author:Rahm Emanuel
“Now they [NATO and the USA ] are sitting there, and we are talking about all these crises we would otherwise not have. You can also see this striving for an absolute triumph in the American missile defense plans.” TalkingPlansSittingAbsolutesCrisisStriveDefenseTriumphUsaMissilesNatoMissile Defense Author:Vladimir Putin
“In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there is an international treaty with Iran that bans Tehran from developing a potential military nuclear project.” SaidPresidentMilitaryProjectsInternationalProtectionDefenseNuclearBarackDevelopingIranMissilesBansTreatiesIranianPresident Barack ObamaUs PresidentTehranNuclear MissilesMissile Defense Author:Vladimir Putin
“The International Atomic Energy Agency is controlling this, the sanctions against Iran are lifted - but still the US are working on their missile defense system. What is the point of this?” StillsEnergyInternationalDefenseAgencyIranSanctionsMissilesAtomic EnergyMissile Defense Author:Vladimir Putin
“The small and bullying leader of Russia is now dictating terms to the United States, to the point where all the United States of America, the greatest nation on Earth, just withdraws from talks about a ceasefire while Vladimir Putin puts a missile defense system in Syria while he marshals the forces and begin - look, we have got to begin to lean into this with strong, broad-shouldered American leadership.” LooksStatesEarthAmericaStrongForceNationsTermUnitedLeaderUnited StatesDefenseRussiaBroadsBullyingSyriaUnited States Of AmericaPutinMissilesDictatingAmerican LeadershipCeasefireMissile Defense Author:Mike Pence
“We ought to deploy a missile defense shield to the Czech Republic and Poland, which Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama pulled back on out of not wanting to offend the Russians back in 2009.” OughtClintonDefenseBarackRepublicShieldsMissilesPolandCzechCzech RepublicMissile Defense Author:Mike Pence
“I think we need missile defense. But I want to make sure it works, that it's cost effective, that the technologies are operable, that it's our best possible strategy, and that hasn't been shown.” ThinkingWantNeedsTechnologyCostStrategyDefenseMissilesMissile Defense Author:Barack Obama
“The missile defense component is a minor feature that nobody takes very seriously. Nobody really believes that the US is trying to protect itself from North Korea. That's not serious. But the militarization of space is quite serious.” TryingBelieveSpaceSeriousProtectDefenseFeaturesMinorsComponentsKoreaNorth KoreaMissilesMissile Defense Author:Noam Chomsky
“Russia is modernizing its nuclear systems. They're moving toward more effective tactical nuclear systems. They're moving toward delivery systems designed to evade anti-ballistic missile defenses. The Russians are investing, by the way, in robotic weapons, including a potential robotic tank. Their investment in new technology, I suspect, outweighs all of the European defense research and development spending combined.” WayMovingTechnologyDevelopmentWeaponsResearchInvestmentIncludingInvestingSpendingDefenseNuclearRussiaSuspectsTanksMissilesDeliveryNew TechnologyRoboticsResearch And DevelopmentTacticalMissile Defense Author:Newt Gingrich
“We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.” MightSecurityMilitaryBuildingStandingDefenseOfficersMissilesStrengtheningRestoringStanding AloneMissile DefenseIntelligence Officers Author:Mitt Romney
“We've gotten a long way on missile defense. We know how to do it. We know how to take down incoming warheads, but we need to do a lot more work in order to be - to deploy a system that'll defend the United States against those kinds of limited strikes that might be possible by a nuclear armed North Korea or Iran.” KnowsWayNeedsKindLongStatesMightOrderUnitedUnited StatesKnow HowDefenseStrikesNuclearIranLong WayKoreaNorth KoreaMissilesMissile Defense Author:Dick Cheney
“President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on Castro's Cuba. He abandoned our friends in Poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments, but is eager to give Russia's President Putin the flexibility he desires, after the election. Under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty, and Mr. Putin will see a little less flexibility and more backbone.” GivingLittlesDesirePoliticsPresidentWalkingRepublicanCommitmentElectionIsraelDefenseLoyaltyRussiaAdministrationThrownBusAlliesPresident ObamaAbandonedRelaxedFlexibilityCubaPutinSanctionsMissilesBackbonePolandCastroWalking AwayMissile Defense Author:Mitt Romney
“I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation.” IfsNationsCommonSupportDutyDevelopmentDefenseObligationMissilesDeploymentMissile DefenseCommon Defense Author:Joe Lieberman
“America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.” NeedsStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesSkyPoliceDefenseMissilesMissile Defense Author:Rudy Giuliani
“We urge President Bush to abstain from the National Missile Defense, just as we urge China, India and Pakistan to discontinue their nuclear arsenals.” PresidentIndiaChinaDefenseNuclearUrgesPakistanPresident BushMissilesArsenalIndia And PakistanMissile Defense Author:Anna Lindh
“National Missile Defense is of a nature to retrigger a proliferation of weapons, notably nuclear missiles. Everything that goes in the direction of proliferation is a bad direction.” WeaponsDefenseNuclearMissilesProliferationNuclear ProliferationNuclear MissilesMissile Defense Author:Jacques Chirac