{"id":55914,"date":"2018-09-04T23:30:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T23:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/04\/after-repeated-delays-will-the-pentagons-missile-defense-review-be-out-soon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:04:10","slug":"after-repeated-delays-will-the-pentagons-missile-defense-review-be-out-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2018\/09\/04\/after-repeated-delays-will-the-pentagons-missile-defense-review-be-out-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"After repeated delays, will the Pentagon\u2019s missile defense review be out soon?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon\u2019s long-awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/04\/06\/missile-defense-review-expected-in-may\/\" target=\"_blank\">Missile Defense Review<\/a> has been delayed more than just a few times, but the under secretary of defense for policy said he\u2019s hopeful it\u2019s coming out very soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt will be coming soon to a theater near you,\u201d John Rood, told an audience at a Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance event on Capitol Hill Sept. 4. \u201cHope to have that out in the very near term, in the next few weeks, as we just are wrapping up some of the remaining items.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department seems to have been wrapping up the review for the better part of a year, as it was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2017\/05\/23\/ahead-of-ballistic-missile-defense-review-mdas-fy18-plans-show-flexibility\/\" target=_blank> originally expected in late 2017,<\/a> but was then delayed to February and again pushed back to a mid-May release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/space\/2018\/04\/26\/why-the-missile-defense-review-is-taking-so-long-to-complete\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/THAADLAUNCHER.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Why the Missile Defense Review is taking so long to complete<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Pentagon&#039;s new strategy for missile defense was due months ago. Why hasn&#039;t it come out yet?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many expected the review to come out shortly before the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in early August, but, once again, it didn\u2019t come, leaving an elephant in the room at the Huntsville-based event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the symposium, Pentagon leaders also managed to avoid questions related to reasons for the delay. Questions submitted via text by the audience there were handpicked by conference moderators throughout the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And because DoD leadership has been tight-lipped over the reasons for delaying the review, it has led many in the missile defense community to speculate reasons from a lack of satisfaction over the state of drafts to an increasingly complicated relationship with North Korea stemming from the Trump administration\u2019s more recent dealings with the country\u2019s leader, Kim Jong Un, who said he might be willing to back off some of his nuclear missile development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of the U.S. homeland ballistic missile defense capability was developed in response to the growing threat of possible ballistic missile attacks from North Korea and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2018\/08\/07\/hyten-to-address-russian-and-chinese-missile-threats-its-all-about-the-sensors\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-837213998.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Hyten: To address Russian and Chinese missile threats, it\u2019s all about the sensors<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The head of U.S. Strategic Command says the biggest focus for missile defense has to be sensor development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said the review had not yet come out due to quality. He characterized the delay as a mix of wanting to be thorough, the logistics of working on multiple reviews over the last six months and the need to have people in place, most notably Rood himself, who was confirmed in early January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shanahan added the Pentagon leadership spent the better part of the fall working on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/01\/19\/national-defense-strategy-released-with-clear-priority-stay-ahead-of-russia-and-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Strategy <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/space\/2018\/02\/02\/nuclear-posture-review-puts-russia-firmly-in-crosshairs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuclear Posture Review<\/a>, both which have now been out for months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Rood did not discuss the reasons for the delay of the congressionally mandated review, he did say the review has expanded from a focus on ballistic missile 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