"This new ballistic missile defense program will best address the threat posed by Iran's ongoing ballistic missile defense program."
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In particular, we hope you Administration will explore joint programs and will examine options for sharing missile defense technology with our allies to help them address the missile threats which they also face.
The Islamic republic's "short- and medium-range" missiles pose the most current threat, he said, and "this new ballistic missile defense will best address" that threat.
Interestingly, two of the most vocal of critics of missile defense -- MIT's Professor Theodore Postol and IBM's Richard Garwin -- have been recently sighted recommending that AEGIS ships be adapted for sea-based missile defenses precisely to address this mission.