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 […]
How Will Trump Change Nuclear Weapons Policy?
Szilard Advisory Board member Jon Wolfsthal wrote a column in Arms Control Today detailing key questions about the forthcoming nuclear posture review and questioning how President Trump will change nuclear weapons policy. “President Donald Trump has made a number of sometimes contradictory comments related to nuclear weapons during his political campaign and since his election. He […]
Our Missile Defenses Go To 11
Szilard Advisory Board member Jon Wolfsthal wrote a column in Foreign Policy explaining the issues with current missile defense systems. I usually write longer, detailed essays for this column but today’s submission is simpler. And it has a simple message. Missile defense will not protect the United States from North Korean missiles. I know a […]
