Click here to read the full piece. “It marks two successes in a row, which is significant, but only two hits out of the last five attempts; that is only a 40% success rate since early 2010,” said Philip E. Coyle, a senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “In school, […]
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in AOL News
Read the full piece by clicking here. “Each is highly scripted to maximize success,” Tierney wrote. “The timing and other details are provided in advance, information that no real enemy would provide. The weather and time of day are just right for an intercept. An adversary would use complex countermeasures, such as decoys, alongside 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 […]
