Explore Policy

Top Issues

Political Thought

International

Domestic Policy

National Security

Government Spending

Energy and Climate

Legal and Judicial

Culture

Economy

open search Donate

Missile Defense

Issue

Missile Defense

America needs a comprehensive ballistic missile defense system that employs a multilayered defense system of sea, ground, and space-based systems.

COMMENTARY

Congress Overdue To Help Fund Israel’s Iron Dome

Feb 17, 2022 3 min read

Author

Patty-Jane Geller

Read the article

COMMENTARY

Guam Needs Effective Missile Defense Now, Not in 2028

Jul 18, 2022 3 min read

Author

Brent Sadler

Read the article

Refine by Keyword

Refine by Content Type

report

Arms Control: One Year Later, the Obama Administration Needs a New Strategy Owen Graham

Jan 21, 2010 4 min read

Commentary

The Road to Zero: Keeping Swords, Building Ploughshares James Jay Carafano

Aug 20, 2009 15 min read

report

Keeping Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Out of the Hands of Terrorists Lisa Curtis

Sep 18, 2007 14 min read

report

Nuclear Games: An Exercise Examining Stability and Defense in a Proliferated ... Nuclear Stability Working Group

Nov 9, 2005 2 min read

report

Arms Control: Set Aside the ABM Treaty and Move Towards a SmallerStrategic Nu... Baker Spring

Nov 5, 2001 8 min read

report

The Strategic Defense Initiative: Myth and Reality Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

Jul 26, 1988 1 min read

report

Strategic Defense: Avoiding Annihilation Robert Foelber

Nov 9, 1983 1 min read

Experts on Missile Defense

See all experts
Steven P. Bucci
Steven P. Bucci, PhD
Visiting Fellow, Truluck Center for Leadership Development
James Carafano Headshot
James Jay Carafano
Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow
Robert Peters Headshot
Robert Peters
Senior Research Fellow for Strategic Deterrence

Related Videos

Related Videos

Privacy Policy Text Messaging Terms

Copyright © 2026, The Heritage Foundation