“Minimum Deterrence” Doesn’t Work as a Defense Strategy
Nikolas Gvosdev, a professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, argued in favor of a defense strategy known as “minimum deterrence.”… Read More
Articles by John Collick
Administration Plans to Cut ICBMs
The Washington Free Beacon reports that an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron may be eliminated if the Obama Administration’s draft plan to cut it is… Read More
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First Step to Mitigating EMP Threat Is Discussing It
The InfraGard National ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP) Special Interest Group (SIG) will host the event “Mitigating High-Impact Threats to Critical Infrastructure” on December 6. The symposium… Read More
When Counting Electrical Grid Threats, Count EMP
The North American Electric Power Reliability Corporation’s (NERC) latest test of the U.S. electrical grid left out an important component: testing the U.S.’s ability to… Read More
MEADS Passes Test; U.S. Should Re-establish Support for Program
The Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) recently completed its third successful test—locating, tracking, and destroying two targets attacking simultaneously from the north and south…. Read More
Missile Defense in Romania Upsets Russia
The United States and Romania recently began construction on a Romanian-based missile defense system, also known as Aegis Ashore. This critical event is requisite to… Read More
American Blackout: What an EMP Would Look Like
“What would you do if the whole country went dark and you didn’t know if or when the power would be coming back?” National Geographic… Read More
Missile Defense: Aegis Does It Again
Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) program recently marked its 26th overall successful medium-range missile intercept—the fifth successful test of the next generation SM-3 Block IB. The… Read More
Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence
The minimum deterrence posture, based on the premise that few nuclear weapons deter all adversaries, is unsubstantiated by historical evidence and contrary to vital U.S…. Read More
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Relevant for Today’s World
U.S. nuclear weapons remain relevant for the security challenges the U.S. faces after the end of the Cold War, writes Georgetown’s Matthew Kroenig in his… Read More
