WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Israel lacks the missile defense protection needed to deter a ballistic strike from Iran, making it a candidate for U.S. defense assistance, an advocate says.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. missile defense architecture planned for Europe in 2020 is insufficient for homeland protection from long-range missiles, an analysis says.

WARSAW, Poland, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Washington may relocate the controversial missile defense system planned for Eastern Europe to the Balkans, Turkey or Israel, a Polish newspaper reports.

WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- Riki Ellison, one of the most prominent and influential champions of ballistic missile defense in America, spelled out the changing nature of the U.S. national debate on the subject in a letter to his support base earlier this month.

WASHINGTON, April 20 (UPI) -- A recent e-mail message from one of America's most prominent champions of ballistic missile defense highlights the radical way the debate has changed in recent years for traditional supporters and critics of the program alike.

WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Missile Defense Agency Friday carried out what it described as a successful systems test to track an intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with countermeasures with several advanced radars.

ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The Pentagon's successful one-shot downing of a satellite proves the military has the ability to take down high orbiting satellites, some experts say.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- The year 2007 was the year the U.S. ballistic-missile defense program dodged the bullet it was supposed to bite.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- On Tuesday, a manned interceptor fighter shot down a ballistic missile that had been launched in a test from the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.