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Current homeland missile defense architecture. (UEWR = upgraded early warning radar.)

Current homeland missile defense architecture. (UEWR = upgraded early warning radar.)

US ballistic missile defenses, 2019

By Matt Korda, Hans M. Kristensen | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

Decoys as simple as balloons can often fool current missile defense systems.

Decoys as simple as balloons can often fool current missile defense systems.

Limitations on ballistic missile defense—past and possibly future

By George Lewis, Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system, pictured in 2017.. Source: Соколрус, via Wikimedia

The Russian S-400 anti-aircraft system, pictured in 2017.. Source: Соколрус, via Wikimedia

The vicissitudes of Russian missile defense

By Alexey Arbatov | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons