Read the full article here. “There are members of the current Congress quite hawkish on space and who see it as the next battleground, and if the Outer Space Treaty could prevent that, I think it would be a very good thing,” says Philip Coyle, a science fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in […]
Board Member Dick Klass Pens Op-Ed in Al Jazeera
Read the op-ed here. It has become popular to describe the current situation on the Korean Peninsula as a “slow motion Cuban Missile Crisis”. The temptation to do so is understandable since there are significant similarities between the two. For instance, both occurred because the militarily weaker power made a strategic move to even the […]
Fact Sheet: Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV)
Updated March 2021 Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs) were originally developed in the early 1960s to permit a missile to deliver multiple nuclear warheads to different targets. In contrast to a traditional missile, which carries one warhead, MIRVs can carry multiple warheads. For instance, a Russian MIRVed missile under development may be able to carry […]
Front and Center: August 26
An update on arms control, national security, and more from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: Time is the Enemy in Halting North Korea Nuke Ambitions Center Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle spoke with The Cipher Briefabout North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. Coyle explains the progress of North Korea’s missile development and […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle’s Interview in The Cipher Brief
Read the full piece in The Cipher Brief here. North Korea’s July intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests have crossed a new capability threshold, allowing Pyongyang to potentially reach the continental United States. Further, U.S. intelligence estimates predict that North Korea now possesses the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and place it on an ICBM. […]