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A long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and intercepted an intermediate-range ballistic missile target launched from the U.S. Army’s Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll, June 22, 2014. (MDA/Released)

Commentary

The Perils of U.S. Missile Defense

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Nov 9, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

North Korea's Missile Launch Shows Significant Progress

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Aug 24, 2016

Commentary

3 Min Read

A S-200 surface-to-air missile is driven past Iranian military commanders during the annual military parade on September 22, 2015, in the capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The New Threat of Very Accurate Missiles

Max Singer

Senior Fellow, Co-Founder, and Trustee Emeritus

Max Singer

Aug 9, 2016

Commentary

11 Min Read

A long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, January 28, 2016. (MDA/Released)

Reports

The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System: Myths and Facts

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Reports

10 Min Read

Photograph of a sunrise over the Western United States, taken by astronaut Scott Kelly on the International Space Station. Photo Credit: NASA

Reports

Space and the Right to Self Defense

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Reports

Long Read

Commentary

Hudson Institute Releases Report on U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Vulnerabilities and Emerging Global Threats

Hudson Institute

Jun 27, 2016

Commentary

3 Min Read

Military Parade on the Red Square in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. (The Presidential Press and Information Office/www.kremlin.ru)

Commentary

Convince Russia Nuclear Retaliation Threat is Real

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 23, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

The members of Japan Self-defense Force prepare the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile for interception right after North Korea's rocket launch on February 7, 2016 in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan. (The Asahi Shimbun/The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

Commentary

To Protect Japan, Target North Korean Rockets in Boost Stage

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Mar 17, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

A Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor is launched from the USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) during a Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy test in the mid-Pacific, May 16, 2013. (U.S. Missile Defense Agency)

Commentary

US Ballistic Missile Defense Needs A Boost

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Mar 10, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

A man watches a news report on North Korea's planned rocket launch at a railway station in Seoul on February 3, 2016. (JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Giving a Boost to Missile Defense

Arthur Herman

Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Mar 8, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

The first successfully conducted intercept flight test of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system and Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IB Threat Upgrade guided missile, Kauai, Hawaii. (MDA)

Commentary

In Defense of Missile Defense

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Feb 25, 2016

Commentary

7 Min Read

Students led by the League of Filipino Students (LFS) and Kabataan Partylist outside the Chinese Consulate to the Philippines in Makati City, February 19, 2016. (Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Commentary

Chinese Missiles in the South China Sea: Don't Waste the Opportunity