ICBM

Safeguarding Against Catastrophic Threats and Decapitating Strikes

The Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military installation located in Colorado and designed to provide command-and-control functions for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). In the hypothetical event that Russia launched a surprise intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) nuclear attack on this base, employing a Russian SS-27 800-kiloton […]

Safeguarding Against Catastrophic Threats and Decapitating Strikes was originally published on Global Security Review.

April 4, 2024
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Deterrence Is Failing in the Middle East

The current skirmish with Iran and its proxies is testing American power and risks exploding into a major war if deterrence of Iran is not restored. Americans must recognize that Iran remains undeterred and unafraid of American military and economic power. Iran is also confirming the benefits of opportunistic aggression in the eyes of America’s […]

Deterrence Is Failing in the Middle East was originally published on Global Security Review.

February 7, 2024
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Killing ICBMs

The Arms Control Association (ACA) and the Physicists Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers are proposing the United States unilaterally cancel the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, removing 60 percent of the United States’ nuclear delivery vehicles. They fear a president might launch America’s silo-based ICBMs during a crisis and perhaps even accidentally trigger a […]

Killing ICBMs was originally published on Global Security Review.

February 2, 2024
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Why America Needs ICBMs

With the recent news that the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program is expected to experience a Nunn-McCurdy breach, which means program costs are expected to increase by at least 15 percent, many in the arms control community are calling for termination of the program and the elimination of the ICBM leg of the nuclear […]

Why America Needs ICBMs was originally published on Global Security Review.

February 1, 2024
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Is America Underestimating the DF-41 Risk?

The intelligence community (IC) projects the Chinese nuclear warhead inventory will be approximately 1,500 warheads by 2035, but this may be a low estimate. According to projections from the IC and Department of Defense, the Chinese DF-41 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) can carry a maximum of three nuclear warheads. However, if all 360 newly constructed […]

Is America Underestimating the DF-41 Risk? was originally published on Global Security Review.

November 29, 2023
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The Pentagon’s China Military Report: Why Americans Should Be Alarmed

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China, 2023 Annual Report to Congress was released on October 19, 2023. The threats discussed should be a wake-up call for Americans. The report, which is an annual requirement mandated by Section 1202 of the 2000 National Defense Authorization Act, provides […]

November 5, 2023
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