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Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferationanti-satellite, Arms Control, ballistic, China, cost overruns, ICBM, launch vehicle, Minuteman, missile defense, missiles, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Retaliation, nuclear triad, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Sentinel, START Treaty

Why America Needs ICBMs

Adam Lowther6 Comments

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…

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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…

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The Pentagon’s China Military Report: Why Americans Should Be Alarmed

Curtis McGiffin & Adam Lowther

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…