John Gilbert, Senior Science Fellow of the Center’s Scientists Working Group on Biological and Chemical Security, spoke with Al Hurra about the Israeli attack on nuclear facilities. This article is in Arabic. Read more
Обстрелы Израиля и месть Ирана ][ Протесты в Калифорнии — только начало?
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with RTVI US about the Israeli attack on Iran. This news segment is in Russian. Watch more
Fact Sheet: “Golden Dome”
Overview The “Golden Dome” missile defense system is a still mostly theoretical initiative announced by President Donald Trump in January 2025. Framed as a visionary plan to shield the entire United States from all missile attacks, Golden Dome has been compared rhetorically to the Reagan-era Strategic Defense Initiative known as “Star Wars” and invokes a […]
Trump wants a ‘Golden Dome’ capable of defending the entire US: ‘Strategically, it doesn’t make any sense’
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with CNN about President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” system. In the Red Sea, the US has fired scores of multi-million dollar interceptor missiles at Houthi drones and missiles that cost a fraction of the price. The fiscal imbalance gets far worse when the system is in space, according to […]
Trump’s “Iron Dome”: The Math Isn’t Good
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Mother Jones on the problems and costs associate with an “Iron Dome” defense system protecting the United States. Todd Harrison of the American Enterprise Institute put the likely cost at somewhere between $11 and $27 billion for such a system—and pointed out that despite all that money, the system would only […]
