China’s October 1 display of military hardware revealed a nation seeking to supplant the United States as the dominant military and technological power in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System, is the sea-based component of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). It uses the SPY-1 radar and variants of Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) or ...

The 2022 budget request for missile defense seeks, but does not yet achieve, alignment with the reality of long-term strategic competition.

The Issue Developing advanced sensing capabilities is a priority for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to overcome the targeting challenge for both strike and air and missile defense. Terrestrial ...

Note: This appears as Chapter 4 in Missile Defense 2020: Next Steps for Defending the Homeland. Ground-based Interceptor Development Perhaps the most recognizable component of homeland missile defense ...

The Issue International missile defense cooperation has become increasingly important in order to contend with the proliferation of more advanced air and missile threats. Cooperation includes the sale ...

Antiair Missiles (AAMs) Most of Hezbollah’s antiair missile systems offer only a relatively small area of protection. They nevertheless force Israeli aircraft to fly at higher altitudes, reducing ...

Note: This appears as Chapter 1 in Missile Defense 2020: Next Steps for Defending the Homeland. Homeland Missile Defense in U.S. Strategy Missile defenses for the homeland now represent an established ...

China maintains the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the world. Since the end of the Cold War, Beijing has rapidly modernized its missile force, growing from a small arsenal of cumbersome, ...

This interactive feature is archived. It was published and last updated in January 2017. Among the concerns of the NATO alliance in the post-Crimea era is the increase in Russia’s anti-access area ...

The Missile War in Yemen is the first comprehensive review of missile and missile defense activity in the ongoing Yemen conflict.

The following database provides a chronology of North Korea missile launches and nuclear detonations, also reflected in the graphics above. These entries include full flight tests of ballistic and ...