Read the full piece in the Financial Times here. “The problem is that any enemy that believes the system really worked would just build more offensive missiles,” said Philip Coyle, former head of weapons testing at the Pentagon, saying that is “exactly the opposite of what we want”. He said missile defence systems have erroneously […]
Keeping Watch: Flawed Senate Bill to Expand National Missile Defense
As the pieces come together for a 2018 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), it is important to watch for efforts to incorporate harmful policy changes. The process of assembling and passing an NDAA is exhausting, and there will be great incentive to finish even a version that contains deeply flawed minor provisions. One such potential […]
Amb. Thomas Graham and Bernadette Stadler’s Op-Ed in POLITICO
Read the full piece in POLITICO here. On May 30, after years of planning, the Department of Defense intercepted a mock intercontinental ballistic missile, the first successful test of its ground-based program against an ICBM-range target. Top Pentagon officials hailed the test, with Vice Adm. Jim Syring, the director of the Missile Defense Agency, calling […]
Will Missile Defense Keep America Safe?
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation explains Ground-based Miscourse Missile Defense (GMD) and why it cannot be relied on to protect the United States from long-range missiles carrying nuclear weapons. Watch the animated video below.
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in The Inquisitr
Read the full piece here. In an op-ed written for the New York Times, John F. Tierney, a former congressman from Massachusetts and one-time chairman of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, noted his concerns over the $40 billion missile defense system. Now the executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation […]
