Wolfowitz Cautions on Ballistic Missile Threat.

• Author: Book, Elizabeth G.
• Position: Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz - Brief Article

Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, at a speech in Washington, D.C., said that proliferation of missile technology is only now receiving the attention it has deserved for the past 10 years. "In 1989, a single Scud missile killed 28 soldiers in Saudi Arabia--but we are still a couple of years away from the deployment of the PAC-3, our answer to the Scud. Ten years is a long time to respond to a threat of that seriousness. We didn't, I might point our, get to the moon in 10 years with that kind of approach," he said.

Wolfowitz said the threat of Saddam Hussein's regime is still real, but it is ultimately doomed. "Dictatorships grow out of weakness, and Saddam is a failure because his regime rests on fear. He faces opposition both inside and outside of Iraq.

"We must see Saddam without illusion, if we are to know how to deal with the dangers that he...