new missile defense

Does the new MDR include cruise missile defense for the homeland?
Possible capability improvements are legion, but capacity and training for the mission remain paramount. The new MDR likewise embraces cruise missile defense for the homeland (CMD-H), which first appeared in the 2022 and 2023 budget requests.
Why are missile defenses important?
“Missile defenses are critical for defending the U.S. homeland and for defending our deployed forces and our allies and partners.”
Should we think about missile threats more broadly?
But some analysts and experts say the shift toward thinking about missile threats more broadly is inevitable. “We don’t really get a choice about whether or not we go after this,” Tom Karako, a missile defense expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Defense News.
Did Trump remove 'ballistic' from missile defense?
Acknowledging the growing array of missile threats, the Trump administration in 2019 removed “ballistic” from its description of homeland missile defense when it released its Missile Defense Review. The Biden administration has not yet released an unclassified version of its review.

Development Focus

The Missile Defense Agency has several efforts underway to address a wider variety of threats. One priority is ensuring the Ground-Based Interceptors in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense systemare replaced by the Next Generation Interceptor. While Ground-Based Interceptors only have one kill vehicle, allowing each to destroy a single intercontinen

Money For Missile Defense

The Pentagon has said it budgeted roughly $20 billion to develop a “missile defeat” capability. This figure appears to be a big boost, Robert Soofer, who served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy during the Trump administration, told Defense News. But only about half of that funding will go toward tradit

Capitol Demands

Both chambers’ versions of the FY23 authorization bill indicate Congress wants increased oversight and a better sense of who will manage missile defense programs. The Senate version of the bill calls for a “rapid and complete modernization of legacy nuclear capabilities of the United States and the timely development of a range of ballistic, cruise

‘We Don’T Really Get A Choice’

But some analysts and experts say the shift toward thinking about missile threats more broadly is inevitable. “We don’t really get a choice about whether or not we go after this,” Tom Karako, a missile defense expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told Defense News. “We have to counter all of these different pieces of the ai

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