Download the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher or SoundCloud. It was one of the tensest moments in American history. The discovery of Soviet nuclear missile infrastructure in Cuba set off a chain of events that could have exploded into nuclear war at any moment. This episode dives into the details and also covers the […]
Executive Director John Tierney’s Op-Ed in The New York Times
Read the Op-Ed in the New York Times here. When the collision with the mock intercontinental ballistic missile occurred on Tuesday afternoon, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency was filled with excitement and relief. The first full intercept test in three years of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system was deemed a success. Some proponents of the […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in Brisbane Times
Read the full piece here. Philip E. Coyle, a senior science fellow at the Centre for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation who formerly headed the Pentagon’s office of operational test and evaluation, said that the test was barely realistic and voiced doubts about the overall success of the GMD program. “Having this success was very important,” Coyle […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle and Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in Santa Barbara Independent
Read the full piece here. “If these tests were planned to fool U.S. defenses, as a real enemy would do, the failure rate would be even worse,” said Philip E. Coyle III in an email exchange with The Santa Barbara Independent last week. Coyle is a former director of operational testing for the U.S. Department […]
The Center Quoted in Korea Joongang Daily
Read the full piece here. In stark contrast to the MDA, however, the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, a Washington-based nongovernmental organization of military experts, expressed doubt over whether the United States was actually prepared to intercept a North Korean ICBM, citing the country’s checkered history. “Unfortunately, the $40 billion system’s successful testing record […]
