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Archive, Strategic Adversariesballistic missile defense, BMD, Deterrence modernization, directed energy weapons, homeland defense, ICBM, Nuclear Deterrence, Russia cheyenne mountains

Safeguarding Against Catastrophic Threats and Decapitating Strikes

Aaron Holland0 Comments

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…

Archive, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesballistic missile defense, El Dorado, Gaza, hamas, Hezbollah, houthis, Iran, iranian aggression, IRGC, weapons

The US Is Undermining Deterrence with Iran

Kirk Fansher1 Comment

It is naïve to classify Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis as terrorist organizations, simply because they use terror tactics. They are Iranian “irregular forces” and an extension of the Islamic…

Archive, Arms Control & NonproliferationActuary, Arms Control, ballistic missile defense, INF, integrated deterrence, NATO, Nuclear Poster Review, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, SDI, START Treaty

The Problem with Arms Control Assumptions

Peter Huessy & Joe Buff2 Comments

America’s nuclear arms agreements with the Soviet Union and then Russia have contributed to significant reductions in nuclear arms. Despite the bilateral reduction 90 percent of the American and Russian…