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Solid Rocket Motors for Missile Defense: Challenges and Opportunities for Expanding the Industrial Base

The reliance on missiles as weapons of choice, aggravated by the expenditure of key munitions in Operation Epic Fury, has created an urgent need to accelerate and scale the production of both offensive and defensive missiles. Using the industrial base for solid rocket motors (SRMs) and their subcomponents as a case study, the report identifies the key challenges and opportunities for scaling air and missile defense (AMD) interceptor supply chains.

US-Australia Relations and the Future of Missilery: Long-range Strike, Missile Defense and Export Controls

To contend with today’s strategic environment, Australia and the United States should prioritize several critical areas in the development and mass production of advanced offensive and defensive missilery. Doing so will be essential to enhancing homeland defense capabilities for both partners and, in turn, to supporting their wider shared regional objectives in the Indo-Pacific.

After Epic Fury, a munitions supplemental becomes imperative

Over the course of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. and its partners have fired hundreds of defense interceptors and long-range missiles. While there may be sufficient stocks for the task at hand, other objectives, such as deterring aggression by China, are more uncertain. To manage present and future threats, Congress must pass a munitions supplemental to both replenish and expand.

Is the U.S. Running Out of Munitions? | All About the Base

On March 10, 2026, Tom Karako joined Jerry McGinn, Director of the CSIS Center for the Industrial Base, on an episode of All About the Base. Tom and Jerry broke down the impacts of the Iran conflict on depleting interceptor stockpiles, the offensive and defensive munitions needed to achieve U.S. foreign policy goals, and the implications for the industrial base.

Golden Dome One Year In

On February 13, 2026, CSIS Missile Defense Project and Aerospace Security Project experts reviewed the Golden Dome for America one year in, discussing what has been accomplished so far, how to frame the way ahead, and the future of next generation missile defense.