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.
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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.
What to Look for in the FY 2022 Defense Budget Request
The Biden administration is expected to release its first budget request for FY 2022 in May. The request marks the first budget since FY 2011 that is not subject to the discretionary spending limits imposed by the Budget Control Act. While the defense budget request for FY 2022 was developed predominantly under the previous administration,...
Bad Idea: Ignoring Congressional Oversight on Space Sensor Development
The decision to reject congressional oversight on HBTSS increases institutional uncertainty at a time when stable funding and management is critical.
America Should Integrate a Strike Capability With Its Missile Defense Systems
Offense-defense integration will not be a panacea, but it will be critical to a realistic and cost-effective way to contend with modern missile threats.
Countering Missile Threats Means Addressing the Present While Planning for the Future
Absent any effort to expand or modernize GMD, homeland missile defense will likely fall behind current threats while NGI matures.
Missiles for Peace: A Path to a Durable Cease-fire in Yemen
Limitations on the Houthi missile arsenal will be a necessary component of any lasting peace.
Lessons from Yemen’s Missile War
After five years, hundreds of long- and short-range missiles fired, and more than 160 missile-defense intercepts, it’s time to take stock.
Don’t Waste This Lesson: How drone attacks reveal fixable flaws with American air defenses
Originally published in The Hill. The attacks on the oil facilities at Abqaiq and Khurais in Saudi Arabia are neon flashing warning signs of the threat presented by the proliferation of low flying precision guided weapons like drones and cruise missiles. These attacks were highly successful, despite the apparent presence of air defenses. This illustrates...
Trump’s Blind Spot
New missile defense plans depend upon the success or failure of one thing: a new layer of space-based sensors. At the January release of his administration’s new missile defense policy review, President Donald Trump announced the beginning of a “new era” for missile defense. To be sure, a new period of missile threats has already...