Read the full piece in Al Jazeera. John Tierney, executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Al Jazeera the missile programme – despite its cost – has a success record of less than 50 percent. “Unfortunately, we need to be aware of a false sense of security here. This programme is […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in NPR
Read the full piece in NPR. The test conducted by troops of the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base cost $244 million. Philip E. Coyle is a former head of the Pentagon’s test and evaluation office and a senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. He tells The Associated Press, […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in The Atlantic
Read the full piece here. On Tuesday, Philip Coyle, a senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told CNN the test “marks two successes in a row, which is significant,” but added that only two of the last five attempts were successful. “In school, 40 percent isn’t a passing grade,” Coyle told […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in WIRED
Read the full piece. “These tests are scripted for success,” says Philip Coyle, senior fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Prevention and former head of the Pentagon’s test and evaluation office. “What’s been surprising to me as that they have failed as often as they have in spite of that.” “If North Korea […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip E. Coyle III Quoted in the New York Times
Read the full piece here. “Close only counts in horseshoes, not in nuclear war,” said Philip E. Coyle III, a former White House official and former head of weapons testing at the Pentagon who has long faulted the system as unreliable and misleading. If the glancing blow counts as a miss, the system’s failure rate […]
