By Loren Thompson, Forbes: “Aegis isn't a warship, it is an integrated architecture of long-range, high-resolution radars linked to a fire control system, a command module and a family of surface-to-air missiles.”
In a Washington Post op-ed, Marc A. Thiessen argues that President Trump should look to the success of his Syrian strike as a model in developing a North Korea policy. “Specifically, he should announce that North Korean nuclear and missile tests will no longer be tolerated — that, henceforth, North Korea is a ballistic missile ‘no-fly zone’ and a nuclear weapons ‘no-test zone.’ Any attempt by North Korea to launch a ballistic missile will be met with a targeted military strike either taking out the missile on the launchpad or blowing it up in the air using missile defense technology.” Continue here.