Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with Wall Street Journal about the Typhon Missile System in the Philippines. “The U.S. is shifting away from a reliance on big centralized bases, towards a more dispersed resilient force posture,” said Shawn Rostker, a research analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Read more
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 […]
STATEMENT ON TRUMP-ZELENSKYY OVAL OFFICE MEETING
(FEBRUARY 28—WASHINGTON) Following the abortive meeting in the Oval Office this afternoon, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council for a Livable World release the following statement from Executive Director and former Congressman John Tierney, a nuclear weapons and diplomacy expert: “Today, President Trump addressed President Zelenskyy as if he were a defeated […]
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 […]
Op-ed: Hypersonic Overhype
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed in RealClear Defense on the lacking utility of hypersonic missiles. The United States has been exploring research and development of hypersonic weapons technologies for decades. Historically, such funding has been relatively modest, but in recent years the Department of Defense (DoD) has grown more vocal in its desire to accelerate development and […]
