Center Board Member Colonel Klass was quoted in The Hill. Short of starting a trade war by sanctioning China, retired Col. Richard Klass said he doesn’t think there’s a way to pressure China to support the type of blockade that would have an effect on North Korea. “He knows we’re not going to launch a […]
Can North Korea target a U.S. city? Experts say not yet
Center Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in USA Today. “I don’t think time is on our side here at all,” said Philip Coyle, an analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, who remains skeptical that North Korea can currently target U.S. cities with large payloads. “Are they there now? I don’t […]
Hearsay on North Korea
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was interviewed on the radio show Hearsay. Philip Coyle is Senior Science Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and a recognized expert on U.S. and worldwide military research, development and testing, on operational military matters, and on national security policy and defense spending. Listen to the interview
Mattis warns of ‘massive military response’ if North Korea threatens attack
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in Politico. “I do think it changes the urgency to engage in North Korea,” said Philip Coyle, a former head of weapons testing for the Pentagon who is now at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation in Washington. “Obviously, time is not on our side here, with […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle’s Interview in The Cipher Brief
Read the full piece in The Cipher Brief here. North Korea’s July intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests have crossed a new capability threshold, allowing Pyongyang to potentially reach the continental United States. Further, U.S. intelligence estimates predict that North Korea now possesses the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and place it on an ICBM. […]
