Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with CNN about including China in potential arms control deals with the United States and Russia. “The only reason you bring up China is if you have no intention of extending the New START Treaty,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. […]
Missile defense test success accelerates arms race with Russia, China, program critic says
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle spoke with Alaska Public Media about the most recent ground-based midcourse defense test. A prominent critic of U.S. missile defense agrees that a test of the system two weeks ago was a success. And that’s why former Assistant Secretary of Defense Philip Coyle is more concerned than ever that the […]
Will Trump give northeast Ohio a missile defense site after Lordstown GM plant’s demise?
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch about a potential third missile defense site. James McKeon, a policy analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the federal government would be better off making existing missile defense sites work better. He said the current program only tests at 50 percent, […]
Star Wars: The Phantom Interceptor
At the launch of his Administration’s Missile Defense Review, President Trump declared that his goal is to intercept enemy missiles “anywhere, anytime, anyplace.” In the nuclear world, that sounded a lot like President Reagan’s nearly 40-year-old missile defense plan, “Star Wars.” We explain President Trump’s likely unrealistic and potentially dangerous vision with our Senior Science […]
Fiscal Year 2020 Defense Spending Briefing Book
The Fiscal Year 2020 Budget in Context Introduction President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget requests $544.5 billion for the Defense Department’s annual “base” discretionary budget, which is more than $70 billion lower than FY19 enacted levels. However, the Pentagon’s portion of the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account – which is often referred […]
