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Category Archives: Missile Defense
The Prague Nuclear Agenda, Part Two
By Tom Z. Collina Four years after the historic speech in Prague laying out his nuclear policy priorities, President Barack Obama must now decide which issues to focus on in his second—and last—term. The administration accomplished many important arms control … Continue reading
East Coast Missile Defense? Just Say No, Again
By Tom Z. Collina The FY 2013 Defense Authorization Bill is on the Senate floor this week, and Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) is planning to offer an amendment that would promote the construction of a missile defense site on the … Continue reading
New Report: After Over $30 Billion Spent, U.S. Missile Defense Still Has Serious “Shortcomings”
By Tom Z. Collina A report by the National Research Council (NRC) released today finds that the US Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) system deployed Alaska and California has “shortcomings” so serious that it recommends the system be completely redesigned, rebuilt … Continue reading
Dumping the ABM Treaty: Was It Worth It?
In retrospect, the Bush administration should not have fielded its national missile defense system. The technology was not ripe; the threat had not materialized; and the opportunity cost was too high. By Tom Z. Collina Ten years ago this week, … Continue reading
East Coast Missile Defense? First, Solve the Decoy Problem
By Tom Z. Collina As the House Armed Services Committee marks up its version of the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill, some strange proposals are emerging. Perhaps the oddest, from Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio), chair of the strategic forces subcommittee, … Continue reading
More Collateral Damage from Missile Defense
U.S.-Russian negotiations on strategic arms reductions have demonstrated time and again that U.S. missile defense plans are an obstacle to negotiating lower levels of offensive nuclear forces. Security experts have been providing more reminders lately that in attempting to treat … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, India, Missile Defense, Regions
Tagged Missile Defense, MTCR, NATO, NATO 2010 Lisbon Summit, NPT
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To Russia, With Love?
By Greg Thielmann Last week’s 20th anniversary commemorations of the 1991 Soviet coup attempt prompted some personal reflections on other events affecting relations between Washington and Moscow during that turbulent period. Two years before the coup, a visit by U.S. … Continue reading
Woolsey Misstates the Intelligence in Missile Defense Pitch
By Greg Thielmann I would like to second Sarah Palin in being “appalled and surprised” in reading the June 7 Foreign Policy article by R. James Woolsey and Rebeccah Heinrichs, “Giving Away the Farm.” But the reason for my reaction … Continue reading
Why Sarah Palin Is Wrong About Missile Defense Cooperation with Russia
by Daryl G. Kimball This week former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin parroted the misinformed critiques by Republican members of Congress and former CIA director James Woolsey about sharing missile launch data with Russia. In an entry on her Facebook page, … Continue reading
Pentagon Oversells Missile Defense Test
By Tom Z. Collina Today, the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced that it conducted a “successful” intercept test of the Phased Adaptive Approach system to be deployed in Europe starting this year. This test of the SM-3 interceptor might … Continue reading
Posted in Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons
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