On March 11, India successfully tested an extended range variant of its BrahMos cruise missile off its eastern coast on the Bay of Bengal. The standard BrahMos has a range of 290 km, but the new variant pushes the range beyond 400 km. The missile is capable of carrying a 300 kg high explosive warhead...
According to unnamed U.S. government sources, Iran test-launched two Fateh-110 ballistic missiles from an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps base In Bandar-e-Jask, in southeastern Iran on March 4th and 5th. According these reports, the first missile test failed, despite allegedly landing “in the vicinity” of its target. However, the next day’s test was deemed a success,...
On March 6, the United States deployed the first elements of the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea, per a statement by the United States military. Two THAAD launch vehicles arrived to the U.S. military’s Osan Air Base late in the evening of the same day North Korea tested four ballistic missiles. The head of...
On March 6, North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, three of which flew over 1,000 km and landed within 350 km of mainland Japan. According to Noh Jae-chon, a South Korean military spokesman, the missiles were launched from Tongchang-ri in northwest North Korea. Although the type of missile tested remains unknown,...
On March 1, India conducted the second test this month of its ballistic missile defense system when a low-altitude interceptor destroyed a target Prithvi missile over the Bay of Bengal. This test demonstrated the lower tier of the planned two-tier ballistic missile defense system, intercepting the target in the endo-atmosphere at 15 km altitude. According to...
Note: This appears as Chapter 3 in Missile Defense and Defeat: Consideration for the New Policy Review. Anticipating the 2017 Review of U.S. Missile Defense Policy and Posture Brad Roberts As the new national security team comes together in early 2017, it will launch into a number of major policy reviews, some of its own...
Note: This appears as Chapter 4 in Missile Defense and Defeat: Consideration for the New Policy Review. Missile Defense Review 2.0 Henry A. Obering III Since 2004, ballistic missile defense (BMD) has become a core competency of the U.S. military and a key element of our overall national security strategy. When discussing the future of...
Note: This appears as Chapter 5 in Missile Defense and Defeat: Consideration for the New Policy Review. A Vector Check for America’s Missile Defense: Assessing the Course for the Trump Administration Kenneth Todorov The reality of a Trump administration has given rise to a wave of euphoria about increased Pentagon budgets, new possibilities for hawkish...
Note: This appears as Chapter 2 in Missile Defense and Defeat: Consideration for the New Policy Review. A New Missile Defense Review Keith B. Payne This analysis seeks to place consideration of ballistic missile defense (BMD) in its broad strategic context by examining the U.S. policy frameworks that have defined the metrics used to judge...
Note: This appears as Chapter 6 in Missile Defense and Defeat: Consideration for the New Policy Review. Five Paths to Maturing Missile Defense: Toward the 2017 Review Thomas Karako In 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to “develop a state of the art missile defense system,” and to “rebuild the key tools of missile defense.”...
