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Seeking innovative means to counter the full spectrum of global missile threats, CSIS research on this subject is led by the Missile Defense Project, which operates the CSIS Missile Threat website.

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Out-Adapting the Enemy: Why Mass Alone Won’t Win Tomorrow’s Wars

Tomorrow’s victory depends less on outbuilding the enemy and more on out-adapting them. The future Army should empower soldiers to tinker, test, and tailor tech on the fly, making battlefield adaptation—not mass—the key to military advantage.

Commentary by Benjamin Jensen — July 11, 2025

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Missile Defense 2020

In policy pronouncements over the last two administrations, the protection of the American homeland was regularly identified as the first priority of U.S. missile defense efforts.

Report by Tom Karako, Ian Williams, and Wes Rumbaugh — April 6, 2017

Space Security: Issues for the New U.S. Administration

On March 22, 2017, the Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) convened in Washington, DC the fourth conference in its Space Security series, in partnership with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). 

Event — March 22, 2017

Missile Defense and Defeat

The National Defense Authorization Act signed into law in 2016 contained a provision mandating a review of missile defeat policy, strategy, and capability, to be completed and submitted to Congress by January 2018. 

Report by Tom Karako, Kenneth Todorov, Keith B. Payne, Brad Roberts, and Henry A. Obering III — March 1, 2017

Web Book: The Military Balance in the Koreas and Northeast Asia

The study is a web book that addresses the trends in North Korean and South Korean strategy, tactics, and force modernization in the broader context of security developments in Northeast Asia. It does so as a net assessment that does not chose a single view of developments in either country or neighboring states, and that compares the views and data in official Korean sources with those in official U.S., Japanese, and Chinese sources, and in the work of experts outside government sources. The analysis is supported by numerous maps, charts, and tables showing Chinese, U.S. and regional force trends.

Report by Anthony H. Cordesman — January 31, 2017

The Missile Defense Agency and the Color of Money

The CSIS Missile Defense Project cordially invites you to the launch of the report The Missile Defense Agency and the Color of Money: Fewer Resources, More Responsibilities, and a Growing Budget Squeeze.

Event — July 29, 2016