1. North Korea Update: More U.S. Military Might Moves into Position

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    As North Korea’s tough talk and threats continue to raise tensions throughout East Asia and around the world, the United [...]

  2. The Future of Missile Defense in Asia?

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    Raytheon Corp on March 5th reached a new milestone by successfully testing a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) ballistic missile interceptor using a non-Aegis [...]

  3. Missile Defense’s Real Enemy: Math

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    Stretching back several decades, the concept of missile defense has been hotly debated. Some well reasoned scholars argue that the [...]

  4. Preparations for North Korea’s Rocket Launch Heat Up

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    Japan recently ordered its military to intercept any North Korean rocket or its debris that falls towards Japanese territory even [...]

  5. Quality, Quantity and Mr. Miyagi

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    Maybe Soviet Fleet Adm. Sergei Gorshkov had it backward: quantity doesn’t have a quality all its own. Instead the speed, [...]