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ballistic missile defense

In the first US “salvo” test of ground-based missile interceptors, two interceptors were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on March 25, 2019. They successfully intercepted a “threat-representative” ICBM target launched from a test site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This photo shows the launch of the “lead” interceptor, which destroyed the missile’s reentry vehicle. The “trail” interceptor struck the remaining “most lethal object” it could find. Credit: Missile Defense Agency

Bilateral strategic stability: What the United States should discuss with Russia. And China.

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Weapons

Nike Zeus antiballistic missile system

Why does missile defense still enjoy bipartisan support in Congress?

By Subrata Ghoshroy | Missile Defense, Nuclear Risk

A SBIRS Geo satellite

“Big, fat, juicy targets”— the problem with existing early-warning satellites. And a solution.

By Jaganath Sankaran | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

A “Star Wars” sequel? The allure of directed energy for space weapons

By Jeff Hecht | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Arms control in outer space: The Russian angle, and a possible way forward

By Alexey Arbatov | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

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

Russia’s underwater “doomsday drone”: Science fiction, but real danger

By Igor Sutyagin | Uncategorized

Saving nuclear arms control

By Alexei Arbatov | Uncategorized

How to approach nuclear modernization?: A Chinese response

By Lu Yin | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics, Technology and Security

How to approach nuclear modernization?: A Russian response

By Eugene Miasnikov | Uncategorized

Frank von Hippel

Frank von Hippel, scientist in the public interest

By | Interviews

Battlefield weapons and missile defense: Worrisome developments in nuclear South Asia

By Ramamurti Rajaraman | Uncategorized