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The Missile Defense Project at CSIS looks at a wide range of policy, program, and strategic issues related to missile defense. Technological and geopolitical factors have driven increased global supply and demand for high-velocity, unmanned, missile-based weapons and their corresponding counters. Besides more recognized cruise and ballistic missile threats, global missile proliferation now consists of a spectrum including precision-guided rockets, anti-ship missiles, air defenses, hypersonic delivery systems, and counterspace weapons.  
 

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July 14, 2022 | Report by Tom Karako, Ian Williams, Wes Rumbaugh, Ken Harmon, and Matthew Strohmeyer

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The Future of U.S. Army Missile Defense

The CSIS Missile Defense Project cordially invites you to: The Future of U.S. Army Missile Defense.

Event by Kathleen H. Hicks , Tom Karako , Major General Francis Mahon (USA, ret.) , Colonel Brant Dayley (USA) , Colonel Donnie Wilson (SCNG) , and Lieutenant General Richard Formica (USA, ret.) — June 22, 2016

The Future of U.S. Army Missile Defense

Missile Defense Project Newsletter - April 2016

On April 15, North Korea attempted a flight test of its BM-25 Musudan missile. The test ended in failure, according to the South Korean military. Pentagon officials stated the missile veered off course shortly after launch and possibly damaged the launcher, describing the incident as “a fiery, catastrophic failure.” 

Newsletter by Tom Karako , Ian Williams , Wes Rumbaugh , and Michael Dyer — April 29, 2016

Missile Defense: Getting to the Elusive Right Side of the Cost Curve

The specter of a ballistic missile attack on the United States and its allies, or at the very least the threat of such an attack, continues to grow. Threat systems from rogue nations such as North Korea and Iran continue to mature in quality and quantity.

Report by Kenneth Todorov — April 8, 2016

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JLENS Future Bleak, But Need for Capability Remains

Missile defense is not just about ballistic missiles. The wider problem of integrated air and missile defense, to include cruise missiles, has received growing attention in recent years.

Report by Tom Karako and Ian Williams — April 5, 2016

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Missile Defense Project Newsletter - March 2016

Missile defense is not just about ballistic missiles. The wider problem of integrated air and missile defense, to include cruise missiles, has received growing attention in recent years. Last May, for instance, then-Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James A. Winnefeld remarked that “homeland cruise missile defense is shifting above regional ballistic missile defense, in my mind, as far as importance goes.”

Newsletter by Tom Karako , Ian Williams , Michael Dyer , and Wes Rumbaugh — March 31, 2016

Missile Defense Project Newsletter - March 2016

North Korea’s February 2016 Satellite Launch

On the morning of February 7, North Korea launched an Unha-type rocket, headed due south. The rocket then apparently orbited an “earth observation satellite” called Kwangmyongsong-4 (lode star), reportedly weighing 200 kilograms, about twice the size of a satellite by the same name orbited in December 2012.

Critical Questions by Tom Karako — February 8, 2016

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