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A view of the US Capitol on April 16, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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An unarmed Minuteman II intercontinental ballistic missile launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (USAF/Getty Images)
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A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh during a joint Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Navy ballistic missile flight test June 22, 2006 in the Pacific Ocean. (Chris Bishop/U.S. Navy via Getty Images)
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A Russian policeman guards in front of Topol-M ICBM in Moscow on May 5, 2008. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Russian Topol-M ICBMs drive across Red Square in a Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9, 2008. (YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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A live-fire self-defense missile exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Sept. 11, 2004. (DoD/Petty Officer 2nd class Jason P. Taylor, U.S. Navy/Released)
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A Tomahawk cruise missile being launched from the USS San Jacinto March 25, 2003 in the Red Sea. (Greg Geisen/Getty Images)
Experts
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Tim Morrison
Senior Fellow
Ryan Tully
Senior Fellow
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
