Read the full piece here. From the earliest uses in 1959 of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which is designed to deliver nuclear weapons, the U.S. has been working on methods that would protect people from such an attack. Yet decades later, the country still has only a flawed system that most experts believe would […]
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in Huffington Post
Read the full piece here. Former Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.), executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation “To date, President Trump’s nuclear policy can only be described as consistently inconsistent. After 100 days with the nuclear codes, it’s still not clear that the president understands the complexity of the nuclear threats facing the […]
Fact Sheet: An Introduction to Ballistic Missile Defense
Click here for a printable PDF version. The U.S. has developed and deployed a number of systems in an attempt to defend the U.S. homeland, troops and facilities abroad, and allies against ballistic missile attacks. The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) System, originally referred to as “National Missile Defense”, is intended for defense of the U.S. […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip E. Coyle Quoted in the Daily Herald
Read the full piece here. “More than 15 years have passed since the United States last held serious negotiations with North Korea. North Korea used that time to test and build more and more missiles, to develop nuclear weapons, and conduct five nuclear tests,” Coyle said. “The U.S. should not waste any more time and […]
Ask an Expert: Gordon Adams on Pentagon Spending
(Click here for a printable version of this interview) Gordon Adams is a professor emeritus of international affairs at American University and a Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center. Formerly, he was a Fellow at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a professor at Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. From […]
