Now is not the time for a missile shield.(political view on the funding of ballistic missile defense systems)(Brief Article)

We understand the temptation, given the horrific events in New York City and Washington, D.C., to look at the nation's defense needs in new and urgent ways.

If nothing else, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon woke up the nation to the very real effects of international conflict in ways Americans have not seen since the end of the Cold War.

However, now is not the time to open the treasury and pour billions into a high-technology defense system to repel a potential ballistic missile attack.

While this program might be a boon to Colorado's aerospace defense industry, we've not seen sufficient evidence that such a system …