October 13, 2017 11:26 PM EDT
In an October 11 interview on Fox News, President Trump claimed:
We have missiles that can knock out a missile in the air 97 percent of the time. If you send two of them, they are going to get knocked down.
This is not true. At least not in any relevant way. Read more >
September 8, 2017 1:04 PM EDT
In Wednesday’s Washington Post, columnist Marc Thiessen blames Democrats’ historic skepticism about missile defense for the poor state of these systems today, but that’s a misrepresentation of its history. Read more >
May 29, 2017 1:07 PM EDT
The upcoming missile defense test will also be the first intercept test of a new kill vehicle and will use an upgraded booster for the interceptor. Read more >
May 29, 2017 1:06 PM EDT
Scheduled for later this week is the 18th intercept test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system since 1999, and the 10th since the system was declared operational in 2004. What do we know about the test, and what’s riding on it? Read more >
