Remember the central rationale of Obama’s decision to cancel the missile-defense sites in the Czech Republic and Poland? It relied on new estimates of Iran’s ability to build ballistic missiles. With today’s news, it makes you wonder how reliable these estimates really are — and whether missile defense, given Iran’s capacity to surprise, deserves a second look.

About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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