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MH17 Anniversary

Jeffrey Lewis | Jul 15, 2016 | Relevancy Score: 42.05

…to show a Buk missile launcher absent from a Ukrainian military base (left), and a pair of Buk missile launchers in a field on the day of the shootdown (right)….

 

It Takes a Village to Raze a Test Stand

Scott LaFoy | Jun 12, 2018 | Relevancy Score: 42

…the missile several dozen feet into the air. During a real launch, the missile would ignite mid-air. At the test stand, dummy missiles are thrown out of the canister and…

 

Ritualized Anxieties over BMD

Michael Krepon | May 20, 2013 | Relevancy Score: 41.39

…Debates over missile defenses are prompted by three circumstances: (1) when arms controllers seek to constrain missile defense programs and deployments; (2) when true believers in BMD assume positions of…

 

Guest Post – Always Be Casting: An Estimate of Iranian Solid Rocket Motor Production

Sam Lair | Sep 29, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 40.55

…of 240 missiles per month. The minor difference between our high-end estimate and Israel’s can be explained by adding liquid propellant missile production, as the 217 missiles were only solids.  …

 

Ninety Percent Of The Time, The Missile Works Every Time: Iranian Missile Failure Rates During True Promise II

Sam Lair | Aug 22, 2025 | Relevancy Score: 40.55

…first post will focus on determining the reliability of the Iranian missile force. The second will discuss Israeli missile defense performance during True Promise II, building on the excellent work…

 

Build New or Buy Old?

Geoff Forden | Nov 24, 2008 | Relevancy Score: 40.55

…missile, North Korea stacked an existing solid-propellant third stage (some say it used the booster from an SA-2 air defense missile) on top of a SCUD-B on top of a…

 

Missile defense may be on, but there’s nobody home

Victoria Sampson | Jun 21, 2006 | Relevancy Score: 40.13

…so, then missile defense may never be considered operational. In these particular circumstances, when we say that missile defense is “on,” maybe it’s that the troops at the deployment sites…

 

Missile Defense and 21st Century Threats: Terrorism or China?

Jeffrey Lewis | Aug 18, 2004 | Relevancy Score: 40.13

…missile defense systems to counterterrorism.” And just which 21st century threats will missile defense defeat? Bush is maddeningly vague on the issue–referring to “tyrants who believe they can blackmail America…

 

Cow Mobile Missile Defense

Jeffrey Lewis | Jun 17, 2010 | Relevancy Score: 40.13

…silos is a constraint, or irrelevant since the Missile Defense Agency doesn’t plan to do it. (See my contribution, Missile Defense and the Prague Treaty). In Secretary Clinton’s Senate testimony,…

 

Q: How Many Canadians Does It Take To Screw Missile Defense?

Jeffrey Lewis | Mar 22, 2004 | Relevancy Score: 39.8

…Canada out of missile defence.” Much of the opposition in Canada stems from the relationship between missile defense and the weaponization of outer space. Canadian officials have implied the government…