The Forthcoming Missile Defense Review
Later this spring, the Trump administration will release its 2018 Missile Defense Review (MDR), which is expected to better align U.S. missile defense policy with the present security environment. President…
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Missile Threat brings together a wide range of information and analyses relating to the proliferation of cruise and ballistic missiles around the world and the air and missile defense systems designed to defeat them. Missile Threat is a product of the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
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Trump’s 2019 Missile Defense Budget: Choosing Capacity over Capability
The administration’s budget request for FY 2019 prioritizes near-term readiness against limited but growing ballistic missile threats from sources such as North Korea. This choice, however, falls short of connecting missile defense efforts to the reality of renewed great power competition as articulated in the National Defense Strategy.
How to Keep US Missile Defense on the Right Track
Recent budget moves will give the U.S. missile defense effort a major boost in funding over the coming year, likely allowing the purchase of additional Ground Based Interceptor missiles on top of the 44 already deployed for use by the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system against ICBMs headed toward the U.S. homeland.
Distributed Defense: New Operational Concepts for Air and Missile Defense
Despite the rising salience of missile threats, current air and missile defense forces are far too susceptible to suppression. Today’s U.S. air and missile defense (AMD) force lacks the depth, capacity, and operational flexibility to simultaneously perform both missions
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Missile Threat features numerous interactive projects and data sets, regularly updated by our team as events unfold. Check back for the latest.
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North Korean Missile Launches & Nuclear Tests: 1984-Present
The following database provides a chronology of North Korea missile launches and nuclear detonations, also reflected in the graphics above. These entries include full flight tests of ballistic and cruise missiles…
The Russia – NATO A2AD Environment
Among the concerns of the NATO alliance in the post-Crimea era is the increase in Russia’s anti-access area denial (A2AD) capabilities. A2AD forces are classified as those that contribute to…
Interactive: The Missile War in Yemen
These interactive features show the relative intensity of missile and missile defense-related activity across the Arabian Gulf which has occurring as part of the ongoing Yemen conflict. Beginning in June 2015, the bulk of missile incidents have occurred along Yemen-Saudi border around the cities of Najran, Jizan and Abha, but Houthi acquisition of longer-range missiles have permitted attacks as far as Riyadh.
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Explore Missile Threat’s dynamic database of information on offensive and defensive missile systems from across the globe.
MISSILES OF THE WORLD
A growing collection of information on various countries’ missile systems, with illustrations and up-to-date information on their capabilities and history.
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Explore the components that go into making missile defense effective, including sensors, interceptors, command and control.
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Read AllRussia Releases Video of Ballistic Missile Test, Tests Air Defense Missile
On July 19, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) released a video of a MIG-31K firing a KH-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM). The interceptor aircraft was flying with “a…
KSA Reportedly Intercepts Missiles Targeting Najran, Jizan
On July 18, Spokesman for the Arab Coalition Col. Turki Al-Malki announced that Saudi air defense forces had “monitored a ballistic missile”. Most reports indicated the city of Najran as…
US, Turkey Discuss Potential Patriot Sale
On July 16, Acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow announced that the United States was discussing with Turkey potentially selling the MIM-104 Patriot missile system…
UAE Patriot Intercepts Missile Targeting Mokha
On July 16, UAE air defense forces intercepted a Houthi-launched ballistic missile targeting Mokha district in Yemen’s Taiz province. UAE state news agency Wam reports that no casualties or damage…