Missile Defense

B-2 Stealth bomber at air base in Iceland

Why President Biden needs to revisit—and reduce—his defense budget

By Lawrence J. Korb | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Technology and Security

Sen. Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks during a hearing in March on the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program. Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons

parachute training

A new transatlantic division of labor could save billions every year!

By Barry R. Posen | Analysis, Missile Defense

Nike Zeus antiballistic missile system

Why does missile defense still enjoy bipartisan support in Congress?

By Subrata Ghoshroy | Missile Defense, Nuclear Risk

How and why the US and Russia should save the INF

By John Mecklin | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

Russia may have violated the INF Treaty. Here’s how the United States appears to have done the same.

By Theodore A. Postol | Collections, Missile Defense, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

artist rendering of missile launching

Welcome to the new age of nuclear instability

By Rachel Bronson | Missile Defense, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Homeland missile defense: How the United States got here

By Thomas Karako | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons

On missile defense, verify to trust

By Ivanka Barzashka | Analysis, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

The case for rethinking NATO missile defense plans

By Marcel Dickow, Oliver Meier, Max Mutschler, Michael Paul | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Does missile defense work?

By Kingston Reif | Columnists, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons

The astonishing National Academy of Sciences missile defense report

By George N. Lewis, Theodore A. Postol | Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion