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You are here: Home / Asia / Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in KTUU

July 7, 2017

Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in KTUU

Read the full piece in KTUU here. 

In a real world situation, Philip Coyle, co-author of “The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation” and board member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, says to compensate for the systems poor scorecard, in order to get a hit, the shot doctrine says anywhere from 3 to 5 interceptors would be fired at each incoming ICBM. He says the number of interceptors would quickly be exhausted if a nation like North Korea fired more than one missile.

Currently the United States limited ICBM defense system consists of 36 operational ground based interceptors. Four are located in California at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and 32 are in Alaska at Fort Greely, with another 8 on the way by the end of 2017, and even more beyond 2017, if the National Defense Authorization Act is approved as is.

Read the full piece in KTUU here. 

Posted in: Asia, Center in the News, Missile Defense, North Korea, Press & In the News on Missile Defense, Press & In the News on North Korea, Press Room, United States

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