All nuclear weapons resources
Report
Assessment: Ground-Based Midcourse Missile Defense System
Lisbeth Gronlund, David Wright, and Stephen Young, UCS Working Paper: Assessment: Ground-Based Midcourse Missile Defense System
Report
Countermeasures
A technical evaluation of the operational effectiveness of the planned U.S. national missile defense system.
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Golden Dome: A Science-based Assessment
A comprehensive missile defense system such as Golden Dome is almost certainly technically infeasible and pursuing such a system will likely waste hundreds of billions of dollars on inherently ineffective systems.
Blog Series
Scientists Respond to the Trump Administration
Our experts and analysts weigh in on the latest developments from the White House.
Blog posts
Perspectives on the Election
Our experts on what a second Trump Administration means for science, democracy, the climate crisis, and other pressing issues.
Blog Series
Understanding Oppenheimer
Critical analysis of the Oppenheimer movie and the nuclear weapons issues it examines.
Activist resource
The Bilingual Glossary of Environmental Activism
We frequently translate a range of technical terms into Spanish. This is our reference glossary.
Article
Go Beyond Deterrence Dominant
Policy recommendations from the New Diplomacy Initiative on Japanese security strategy under a new paradigm shift
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The hypersonic missile Race between the United States, Russia, and China
A table showing the hypersonic missile race between the US, Russia, and China. SOURCE: Sayler 2020.
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Hypersonic missiles take longer to reach their targets than ballistic missiles
Chart showing difference between hypersonic and ballistic missiles in delivery time
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Maneuvering of hypersonic missiles reduces their speed and range
A chart showing reduction in speed and range of hypersonic missiles due to maneuvering.
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Hypersonic missiles lose much of their initial velocity to drag
Chart showing the glide range of hypersonic missiles and how the initial velocity lost due to drag