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.
Analysis
In Depth Analysis, Commentary, and Publications
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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.
Hypersonic Strike and Defense
On June 2, Tom Karako spoke with Mike White, Principal Director for Hypersonics in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering OUSD(R&E). The discussion reviewed the programmatic and budgetary implications of both hypersonic strike and defense.
The Role of Integrated Air and Missile Defense for Strategic Deterrence
On May 21, the CSIS Missile Defense Project hosted Lieutenant General Daniel Karbler, Commander of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, for a conversation on the U.S. Army’s space and air and missile defense plans.
Missile Defense Is Compatible With Arms Control
What will it take for Russia and the United States to make progress on arms control? In announcing the Biden administration’s intent to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) for another five years, Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin offered a hint. He noted that the next negotiation must include all of Russian and American nuclear...