Read the full piece in Al Jazeera. John Tierney, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Al Jazeera the missile programme – despite its cost – has a success record of less than 50 percent. “Unfortunately, we need to be aware of a false sense of security here. This programme is […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in The Atlantic
Read the full piece here. On Tuesday, Philip Coyle, a senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told CNN the test “marks two successes in a row, which is significant,” but added that only two of the last five attempts were successful. “In school, 40 percent isn’t a passing grade,” Coyle told […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in Defense News
Read the full piece. “Based on its testing record, we cannot rely upon this missile defense program to protect the United States from a North Korean long-range missile. If anything, over-reliance on missile defenses could impede diplomatic efforts that could avoid a dangerous confrontation,” Philip Coyle, who formerly headed the Pentagon’s office of operational test […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in Foreign Policy
Read the full piece here. “Based on its testing record, we cannot rely upon this missile defense program to protect the United States from a North Korean long-range missile,” said Philip E. Coyle of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “In several ways, this test was a $244 million dollar baby step, a baby […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in WIRED
Read the full piece. “These tests are scripted for success,” says Philip Coyle, senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Prevention and former head of the Pentagon’s test and evaluation office. “What’s been surprising to me as that they have failed as often as they have in spite of that.” “If North Korea […]
