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Henry F. Cooper



Oct 6, 2025
Mideast Peace: Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst
Gaza's Oct. 3 announced potential agreement is a hopeful sign, as is the fact that Israel is already planning its response to Hamas releasing the hostages . . . but as I learned to say in our negotiations with the Soviet Union, "The devil is in the details"


Sep 19, 2025
Building A Global Golden Defense Is Urgent
I have long concluded, it really should be a "Global Golden Dome," employing space-based defenses. This conclusion was apparent during my watch as Director of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) over 30 years ago.


Sep 4, 2025
Golden Dome Can Defeat Long Range Iran Threat
While I am not opposed to arms control activities, having spent a significant portion of my life on such efforts, I much more favor eliminating Iran’s repeated explicit threats to attack America, the “Great Satan,” as well as Israel, the “Little Satan.”


Aug 27, 2025
Technology Validates Supremacy of Trump's Golden Dome
I heard all the same arguments from many of the same critics over three decades ago, when I was President Reagan’s defense and space negotiator with the Soviet Union, charged with defending his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).


Jul 23, 2025
Remembering and Honoring Ed Feulner
Last week, The Heritage Foundation mourned the loss its founder, who had a major influence throughout the Christian Right that Hillary Clinton called the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" . . . to which I was, and remain, a proud member.


Jul 14, 2025
Smart, Affordable, Lasting Missile Defense: Learn from the Past
As President Trump has observed, a "Golden Dome" missile shield, drawing inspiration from Israel’s Iron Dome, must be significantly scaled up to meet U.S. and allied needs , which demands both technical excellence and political will.


Jun 23, 2025
Stagnant Bureaucracy Hinders Building Space-Based Defenses
There have been advances in technology in the quarter century since my watch as SDI Director , and many worthy accomplishments, but the limitations of stagnating bureaucracies are unchanged.


Jun 10, 2025
U.S. Needs New SDI: Space-Based Missile Defenses ASAP
With the arrival of the Clinton administration, Defense Secretary (and former Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee) Les Aspin took the stars out of star wars and killed all efforts of space-based interceptors

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