“Could have gone nearly 13,000 km” Policy Analyst James McKeon explains on CTV what is known about the Nov. 28 North Korean missile test and what this means for diplomatic efforts.
Fact Sheet: North Korea Missile Activity in 2017
February 12, 2017 – Medium Range Ballistic Missile Launch Missile Pukguksong-2, also known as the KN-15 Flight The missile flew ~ 500 km (310 mi) on a lofted trajectory, reaching a height of ~ 550 km (340 mi). Landed Sea of Japan Status Success What did we learn? This was the first flight test of […]
North Korea’s Missile Test Puts the Entire U.S. in Range
Senior Science Fellow Phil Coyle was quoted in Wired explaining why the distance achieved in North Korea’s Nov. 28 missile test isn’t the only factor in determining the targets it can hit. “I think that their payload is probably quite small, maybe just some diagnostics instruments to help them know what happened,” says Philip Coyle, […]
Could the U.S. actually shoot down a North Korean missile?
Senior Science Fellow Phil Coyle was interviewed by PBS NewsHour about U.S. missile defense. …But Philip Coyle, a senior science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, gives the program an “F.” The failure rate of missile tests is more like 60 percent since 2002, he said. “It’s not effective, not only because […]
Op-ed: A Nuclear Reckoning: Senators Ponder the President’s Power to Launch Armageddon
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in War on the Rocks explaining the significance of the Nov. 14 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on presidential first use authority. “Congressional hearings happen all the time. If you inadvertently stumble across a C-SPAN channel, you will find any number of relatively unexciting discussions of […]
