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Apache test detonation on Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on July 8, 1956. (Getty Images)

Reports

Beyond the Nuclear Balance: A Strategic Forces Net Assessment

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Senior Fellow

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Feb 5, 2025

Reports

Long Read

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. (DVIDS)

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a vertical launching system on Andersen Air Force Base in Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. (DVIDS)

Reports

Key Takeaways: President Trump’s Iron Dome for America

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jan 28, 2025

Reports

2 Min Read

US Air Force Airman 1st Class Austin House, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II from underneath a hardened facility on January 24, 2018, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. (US Air Force)

Reports

Concrete Sky: Air Base Hardening in the Western Pacific

Timothy A. Walton

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Thomas H. Shugart

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Center for a New American Security

Timothy A. Walton & Thomas H. Shugart

Jan 7, 2025

Reports

7 Min Read

China's DF-41 nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles are seen during a military parade in Beijing on October 1, 2019. (Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

China’s Nuclear Buildup

Aaron MacLean

Former Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Dec 24, 2024

Podcast

A new type 094A Jin-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on April 23, 2019.

The type 094A JIN-class nuclear submarine Long March 10 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy participates in a naval parade to commemorate near Qingdao, China, on April 23, 2019. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Key Strategic Forces Takeaways from the 2024 China Military Power Report

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 23, 2024

Reports

4 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Iran’s Nuclear Race: On a Collision Course

Jonathan Hessen

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Jonathan Hessen & Marshall Billingslea

Dec 18, 2024

In the Media

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Peace Always Comes Through Strength

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Dec 11, 2024

In the Media

A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Shaykun, Idlib province, Syria on April 05, 2017. On Tuesday more than 100 civilians had been killed and 500 others, mostly children, injured in Assad Regime's suspected chlorine gas attack carried out by warplanes in the town of Khan Shaykun, Idlib province. (Photo by Ogun Duru/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

A poison hazard danger sign is seen in the town of Khan Shaykun, Syria, on April 5, 2017. (Ogun Duru/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

MENA Defense Intelligence Digest | How to Secure Syria’s Weapons of Mass Destruction

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Dec 9, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

A local resident stands outside of a destroyed building following a missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine, on November 17, 2024. (Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Its Impact on Nuclear Proliferation

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Dec 6, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

Incoming Indo-Pacific Commander Admiral Samuel Paparo speaks during the United States Indo-Pacific Command change of command ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, on May 3, 2024. (Marco Garcia/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Pentagon’s New Mission: Buy More Weapons to Buy More Time

Mike Watson

Former Fellow

Mike Watson

Nov 30, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Antony Blinken and the US delegation sit opposite Japan's Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa during the "Extended Deterrence Ministerial Meeting" in Tokyo on July 28, 2024. (Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Japan and Deterrence