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Can a “Flamingo” Cruise Missile Help Ukraine Turn the Tide?

Can a “Flamingo” Cruise Missile Help Ukraine Turn the Tide?

DEEP DIVE – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky calls it “our most successful missile.” One expert says it’s "Ukraine’s strongest security [...] More

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Expert Q&A: Could Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ Fill U.S. Missile Defense Gaps?

EXPERT Q&A — President Donald Trump has called for the establishment of a new missile defense shield for the U.S., which he has dubbed an “Iron Dome [...] More

Expert Q&A: Guam ‘No Safer Today’ Despite US Efforts

EXPERT Q&A — The U.S. has been pursuing a new integrated missile defense system for Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific that plays a [...] More

Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense

OPINION — President Trump issued an executive order, “The Iron Dome for America,” on January 27, jumpstarting a major effort to deploy and maintain a [...] More

North Korea is Using Time to Perfect its Nuclear and Missile Programs

OPINION — The six missiles North Korea launched in January was a statement — and proof — that North Korea is upgrading its arsenal of missiles to [...] More

Get Ready for China's Hypersonic Challenge

Hoffman’s piece was first published in The Washington TimesOPINION — Chinese President and Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping has declared [...] More

The U.S. Position on South Korean Missiles Just Got Interesting

Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on [...] More

Iran Space Launch Signals Growing Threat

Bottom Line up FrontThe April 24, 2020 launch of a satellite by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) indicates that Iran might intend to [...] More

Testing Trump's Nuclear Fuse, North Korea Launches More Missile Tests

South Korea says that North Korea launched what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Thursday, which would constitute the second round of [...] More