"Star Wars" #2 of 5 - Is There A Threat? (2000)

'Star Wars': New Hope or Phantom Menace?
Part 2 of 5 - Is There A Threat?

America's Defense Monitor Show #1330
WHUT-TV, Washington, DC
Original Air Date: April 2, 2000
total run time: 28 minutes

SYNOPSIS:
For 40 years, American scientists have tried - and failed - to build a system to protect the U.S. from long-range missile attack. In October 1999, the successful test of a missile interceptor breathed new life into Ronald Reagan's dream of a national shield against enemy missiles. But will building "Star Wars" make us any safer?

Featured Experts:

Tom Collina
Union of Concerned Scientists

Bruce Gagnon
Global Network Against Nuclear Power & Weapons in Space

Maj. Gen. Milnor Roberts
High Frontier

Joseph Cirincione
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

William Schneider
Rumsfeld Commission

George Tenet
Director, Central Intelligence Agency

And remarks by:
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran
U.S. Senator James Inhofe
President Ronald Reagan

Written, edited, and produced by Jon Lottman for the Center for Defense Information.

Program content © 2000, CDI, inc.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Ronald
• Reagan
• outer
• space
• weapons
• war
• laser
• missile
• defense
• military
• star
• wars
• nuclear
• ICBM
• USA
• russia
• china
• ASAT

[LanceBeckman]

"No-new long range missile threat until 2010"

The entire time the morons in the Clinton Administration had no idea that North Korea was well on its way to developing long-range nuclear capabilities well before 2010. Exactly why Democrats can't be entrusted with foreign or military policy.

[jonlottman]

The Clinton Administration was minutely aware of North Korea's capabilities, or lack thereof. 2010 begins four weeks from now, and not a soul in Earth (save perhaps the Dear Leader himself) believes North Korea will develop a working nuclear ICBM in that time. They are hardly any closer to that than when this program aired 10 years ago.

[bestamerica]

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america is the best make movie star wars,,,

ussr russia do not know how and stupid country,,,

american former president ron reagan was copy idea from the movie star wars as SDI,,,

ussr russia was afraid of america make SDI program can shot, hit, destroy suck waste ussr russia missiles / rockets

[GlobalAwareness2525]

@TSM9356

America's industry has gone over seas. America is only a shell of what it used to be, a crumbling Roman Empire sinking into a possible 3rd world country, desperate for survival it is doing a Hitler run on oil Nations, occupying & taking over Nations, blocking oil supplies to other growing Nations, printing monopoly money (Fed Notes) to buy oil, When other countries do that we sanction & bomb them, now that we are doing that who will sanction & bomb us?

[GlobalAwareness2525]

@TSM9356

That is some incredible forethought 2 yrs ago. Now you see where all the military bases are popping up in the Arab regions & the classic CIA coups but this time like a tsunami of coups, but Russia isn't the only one. We blocked an oil pipeline from Iran to china. If China or Russia should be the major oil purchasers then oil will be sold in the renminbi or ruble or Euro instead of the US dollar, that single move could collapse America.

[GlobalAwareness2525]

Riiight. I am glad they mentioned iraq in this clip. We really should do something about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction... Oh wait, that was all just one big lie, Hmm, Iran, oooh oooh, lets bomb Iran for their weapons of mass destruction, ahh Hell, lets just bomb all Arab Nations just like the CIA coups taking place there now, and Americans with a wide eyed look ask, Why do they hate us? It's because America rapes Nations, kills & tortures it's people. We occupy & dominate the world.

[JJTheBigDog]

sen. james inhofe: finally we get the truth and american people get a wake-up call and i wanna tell ya how much i appreciate it (because i have lot of boeing shares...' )

that's how 'democracy' works

[Civsuccess2]

Laughed at the "Rumsfield commission" talking about Iraq potentially building long range missile.

Of course later they would invade Iraq to seek out those missiles. (which did not exist)

[TCFan25]

Korea???

[calsattack]

Britain has long range nukes