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Editor-in-Chief's Note: The Texas Water Journal invited Texas state Senator Charles Perry, Chair of the Senate Committee on Water and Rural Affairs, to share his thoughts on the role of water in the coming 87th legislative session of the Texas Legislature. In the upcoming legislative session, Senator Perry said Texas will be navigating the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the road to recovery and continuing water supply development. In the commentary, Senator Perry addresses how leveraging technology, public-private partnerships, and regulations will encourage the creation of new water sources while also expanding existing strategies. The opinion expressed in this commentary is the opinion of the individual author and not the opinion of the Texas Water Journal or the Texas Water Resources Institute. Citation: Perry C. 2020. Commentary: Water: A Preventable Disaster. Texas Water Journal. 11(1):172-173. Available from: https://doi.org/10.21423/twj.v11i1.7129.

However qualified, the success of the Patriot antimissile system in the 1991 Persian Gulf war placed the need for improved theater missile defenses high on the procurement agendas of the United States and its major allies. The requirement for more effective follow-ons to existing Patriot systems, moreover, will be rendered all the more compelling by expected advances in the quality and quantity of theater missile forces fielded by regional powers—such as Syria, Iran, India, and North Korea—in the 1990s and beyond. Unlike the Iraqi Scuds fired in Desert Storm, next-generation theater missiles—armed with improved guidance and more lethal warheads—will present a credible threat to vital military assets as well as population centers. Hence new technologies for active missile defense—including more advanced interceptors capable of direct hits at higher altitudes—will become increasingly important to the effective protection of U.S. allies and forward-deployed forces.

THE SUCCESS OF THE PATRIOT ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM IN THE 1991 PERSIAN GULF WAR PLACED THE NEED FOR IMPROVED THEATER MISSILE DEFENSES HIGH ON THE PROCUREMENT AGENDAS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ITS MAJOR ALLIES. THE NEED FOR MORE EFFECTIVE FOLLOW-ONS TO EXISTING PATRIOT SYSTEMS, MOREOVER, WILL BE RENDERED ALL THE MORE COMPELLING BY EXPECTED ADVANCES IN THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF THEATER MISSILE FORCES FIELDED BY REGIONAL POWERS--SUCH AS SYRIA, IRAN, INDIA, AND NORTH KOREA--IN THE 1990'S AND BEYOND. UNLIKE THE IRAQI SCUDS IN DESERT STORM, NEXT-GENERATION THEATER MISSILES--ARMED WITH IMPROVED GUIDANCE AND MORE LETHAL WARHEADS--WILL PRESENT A CREDIBLE THREAT TO VITAL MILITARY ASSETS AS WELL AS POPULATION CENTERS. HENCE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ACTIVE MISSILE DEFENSE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO THE EFFECTIVE PROTECTION OF U.S. ALLIES AND FORWARD-DEPLOYED FORCES.

Abstract. Comparisons of urban and rural areas tend to assume that a rural‐urban continuum exists as regards economic and social indicators of well‐being and that rural places are fairly homogeneous. Analysis of Kentucky counties indicates that rural‐urban differences exist as regards economic well‐being and objective social indicators. However, rural‐urban differences are not consistent with respect to subjective social indicators; and there are important differences among economic types of rural counties as regards both economic and social indicators. Thus, the rural‐urban continuum is not general and it is important to distinguish types of rural counties.