Complex Air Defense: Countering the Hypersonic Missile Threat
Today's U.S. missile defense architecture is designed for legacy ballistic missiles, but may be adapted to counter hypersonic threats.
Analysis
In Depth Analysis, Commentary, and Publications
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Emerging Technologies & Long-Range Strike: A Conversation with LTG Neil Thurgood
On January 12, the CSIS Missile Defense Project hosted Lieutenant General L. Neil Thurgood for a conversation on the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO) and its portfolio of air defense and long-range strike prototypes.
China’s Hypersonic Future
Chinese investment in hypersonic weapons highlights the need to reconceptualize the United States’ approach to air and missile defense. This means investing in space-based sensors and the various ways we can disrupt Chinese attack plans, both offensively and defensively.
Seeking Alignment: Missile Defense and Defeat in the 2022 Budget
The 2022 budget request for missile defense and defeat seeks, but does not yet achieve, alignment with the reality of long-term strategic competition.
Maritime Security Dialogue: The Aegis Approach with Rear Admiral Tom Druggan
On November 18, CSIS and the U.S. Naval Institute hosted Rear Admiral Tom Druggan for a conversation on Aegis air and missile defense.
Extending the Horizon: Elevated Sensors for Targeting and Missile Defense
Whether based on land, aerostats, aircraft, or in orbit, elevated sensors can supplement targeting capabilities.
The Missile Defense Agency must be free to move quickly and with limited restrictions
We have made important progress with homeland missile defense, but today we risk falling further behind the threat.
A Bipartisan Call To Stay The Course On US Homeland Missile Defense
The Missile Defense Review sets “the stage for a high-stakes policy debate between those who value missile defense as an enabler of US grand strategy, and those who fear enhanced missile defense may start an arms race with Russia and China,” write Walter Slocombe and Robert Soofer.
Rethinking Homeland Defense
On August 17, the CSIS Missile Defense Project welcomed General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander of NORAD and USNORTHCOM, to discuss his approach to rapidly developing and fielding capabilities for the defense of North America.
MDA and the 2022 Budget
On June 22, the CSIS Missile Defense Project welcomed back Vice Admiral Jon Hill, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, to speak on the Agency’s FY 2022 programs, priorities, and budgets.