Damning new report chronicles missile defense slip-ups June 11, 2019
Previous GAO reports haven’t been particularly encouraging of the Missile Defense Agency’s progress, but this year’s report was especially incriminating.
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Mixed Messages On Trump’s Missile Defense Review January 17, 2019
President Trump personally released the long-overdue Missile Defense Review today, and despite the document's assertion that “Missile Defenses are Stabilizing,” the MDR promotes a posture that is anything but.
Read moreAn X reveals a Diamond: locating Israeli Patriot batteries using radar interference November 13, 2018
Amid a busy few weeks of nuclear-related news, an Israeli researcher made a very surprising OSINT discovery that flew somewhat under the radar.
Read moreBMD Flight Test Schedule Must Be Unclassified July 26, 2018
Earlier this year, the Department of Defense classified the schedule of flight tests of ballistic missile defense systems, even though such information…
Read moreMissile Defense Flight Test Secrecy May Be Reversed April 26, 2018
Some members of the House Armed Services Committee want the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency to return to its previous practice of publicly disclosing information about planned flight tests of ballistic…
Read moreAn Airborne Defense Against North Korean ICBMs? April 10, 2018
Could an airborne network of drone-based interceptors effectively defend against the launch of North Korean ballistic missiles? A recent assessment by physicists Richard L. Garwin and…
Read moreDOD Classifies Missile Defense Flight Test Plans March 5, 2018
The Department of Defense has decided to classify previously public information regarding future flight tests of ballistic missile defense systems and components. Information about pending missile…
Read moreJASON on BMD Midcourse Discrimination (2010) October 22, 2016
A comprehensive defense against intercontinental ballistic missiles remains difficult — and perhaps impossible — for several reasons, including the difficulty of achieving “midcourse discrimination” to identify weaponized payloads in a…
Read moreIntelligence for Air and Missile Defense April 4, 2016
A new U.S. Army manual addresses the challenges of intelligence support for air and missile defense programs. “A large number of adversary countries possess or are trying to…
Read moreBallistic Missile Defense and Strategic Stability in East Asia February 24, 2015
On February 20, 2015, FAS hosted a workshop examining ballistic missile defense in East Asia and strategic stability between the United States and China. A new project led by Charles Ferguson,…
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