Security & Defense

Winnefeld Voices Support for Missile Shield Tests at Atlantic Council Conference

By Global Missile Defense

SpaceNews features comments about the US national missile shield made by the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. James Winnefeld, at the Atlantic Council’s conference on US and Global Missile Defense on May 28, 2014:

DARPA’s Crusade on Costs

By James Hasik

If the alternative is another round of acquisition reform, let’s bet on technology. Just after our recent Disrupting Defense conference, in an interview with Marcus Weisgerber of Defense News, DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar argued that the “High Cost of Weapons Threatens Security” (17 May). Her organization wants to be part of the solution, funding potentially “powerful new approaches” in armament, sensor, […]

Missile Denfese Conference Featured

By US and Global Missile Defense

The Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security’s annual US and Global Missile Defense Conference was featured by Breaking Defense, highlighting the real-world limits when using lasers in missile defense:

Scowcroft Center’s US and Global Missile Defense Conference Featured

Seapower magazine covered the Atlantic Council’s conference on US and Global Missile Defence, highlighting attempts by the US military to reassure Russian leadership that its ballistic missile defence is not designed to antagonize Russia:

Atlantic Council Missile Defense Conference Featured

Military Times covers the Atlantic Council’s US and Global Missile Defense conference, as both conference attendee Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. James Winnefeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey highlight US strength:

Saab on Importance of Trust in Global Missile Defense Initiatives

By Bilal Saab

Breaking Defense quotes Resident Senior Fellow Bilal Saab on the political–not just technical–hurdles that face Middle Eastern nations attempting to implement regional missile defense initiatives: