Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in the New York Times. “The DPRK would be taking a big risk — missile tests fail,” said Philip E. Coyle III, a nuclear scientist and former head of the Pentagon’s weapons testing. The live nuclear warhead could come down on a neighboring country, or if the missile […]
Will Trump’s Reckless Rhetoric Lead to Nuclear War?
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was interviewed by Background Briefing. Coyle offers advice to the current administration: “Remember that we successfully achieved two agreements with North Korea, one to stop their nuclear program, which was effective for several years in 1994… We also reached a separate agreement to stop their long-range missile program… The first […]
Laser Weapons Not Yet Ready for Missile Defense
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in IEEE. Shooting down enemy drones, such as those used by ISIS, with laser-equipped drones requires identifying a target drone’s most vulnerable spots, says Philip Coyle, Senior Science Fellow at The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “Just hitting the fuselage of the drone might not do much damage. […]
Donald Trump’s Dangerous North Korea Gambit
Szilard Advisory Board Member Jon Wolfsthal was quoted in WIRED. “My perception, based on 30 years of work on this, is that North Korea is paranoid that the United States is going to eliminate them,” says Jon Wolfsthal, a member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Szilard Advisory Board, and former special advisor […]
ICBM 101: What does North Korea need to do to strike North America?
Policy Analyst James McKeon was quoted in CTV News. But nuclear arms analyst James McKeon cautions that the precise nature of the latest North Korean test remains unverified. “If it truly is a hydrogen bomb… it would be a major development,” McKeon, of the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, told CTV News Channel. Read […]
