Joe Cirincione: Gates Grounds the Airborne White Elephant Laser

Joe Cirincione: Gates Grounds the Airborne White Elephant Laser - The Huffington Post

Fri, Jul 17th, 2009

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What a difference a president makes. Under President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates resolutely defended every dime of last year's $11 billion budget for anti-missile weapons programs. Now reporting to President Obama, who favors weapons programs that are operationally effective and affordable, he is free to say what many in the military have know for years: many of these programs don't work. He has trimmed $1.6 billion from the budget and axed three of the worst, infuriating the high priests of the missile defense cargo cult.

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