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Missiles fly across the range into the designated target during demonstration of the combined live fire exercise on August 17, 2015, at Seungjin Range, South Korea. (Jaewoo Oh via DVIDS)

Commentary

Why Banning Nuclear Weapons Could be Dangerous

A Standard Missile-3 is launched from Pearl Harbor-based guided-missile cruiser in Kauai, Hawaii, on November 6, 2007. (US Navy via DVIDS)

Commentary

Missile Defense Site at Fort Drum Is Integral to the Homeland Defense Mission

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Apr 24, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via Real America's Voice)

In the Media

What it Takes to Maintain Nuclear Deterrence

Self-propelled howitzers during the Victory Day military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on May 9, 2022. (Bai Xueqi/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

Could Putin’s “Escalate to Win” Nuclear Threat Strategy Work?

An operational test launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, on September 26, 2013. (Andy Wulfestieg via Flickr)

Commentary

Why the Pentagon Needs a New ICBM Force

(Screenshot via VOA Korea)

In the Media

US and South Korean Defenses against North Korean Ballistic Missiles

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Mar 20, 2023

In the Media

North Korea's ballistic missile - North Korea Victory Day-2013

North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles during a Victory Day parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 26, 2013. (Wikimedia Commons)

Commentary

Are We Prepared for a North Korean Nuclear Attack?

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Mar 7, 2023

Commentary

9 Min Read

(Screenshot via Arirang News/YouTube)

In the Media

America's Stance on North Korea

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Mar 7, 2023

In the Media

The B-21 Raider was unveiled to the public at a ceremony December 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif. Designed to operate in tomorrow's high-end threat environment, the B-21 will play a critical role in ensuring America's enduring airpower capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The B-21 Raider at a public unveiling ceremony on December 2, 2022, in Palmdale, California. (US Air Force)

Reports

America’s Response after Russian Suspension of New START

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Marshall Billingslea

Feb 24, 2023

Reports

3 Min Read

(Screenshot via CNN)

In the Media

Missile Tests and Combative Messaging from the Kim Family

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Feb 22, 2023

In the Media

A Chinese DF-31A ICBM. (People's Liberation Army)

Commentary

The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Hidden Threat to America

A poster of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) concerning nuclear tests of North Korea is seen on February 12, 2013 at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna. Iran hinted Tuesday that inspection of the Parchin military site by the International Atomic Energy Agency would be possible in the context of a "comprehensive agreement" that recongnises its right to peaceful nuclear energy. AFP PHOTO / DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP via Getty Images)

A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) poster displaying North Korean nuclear tests on February 12, 2013, at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Dieter Nagl/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

America Needs to Rethink Its Commitments to the CTBTO