The Shahed-238 is a jet-propelled one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and built domestically by Iran. First officially unveiled in 2023, Iran has used Shahed-238 UAVs against targets ...

The Hwasong-19 is a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It is the largest operational road-mobile ICBM in the world. 1 The missile has three solid-fueled stages and is ...

The Hwasong-18 is a North Korean solid-fueled, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It has a three-stage booster and is cold-launched, with a stated range of over 15,000 km. It is North Korea’s ...

In discussions on missile defense, the matter of countermeasures—decoy warheads and other deceptive missile payloads—is often invoked but insufficiently explored. For decades, popular commentators ...

U.S. air and missile defense efforts have long been characterized by a striking dichotomy. Defenses for the homeland have largely focused on long-range ballistic threats, while cruise missile defense ...

In April, the Biden administration released its Fiscal Year 2023 defense budget request. The administration’s second budget requests $24.7 billion for a category it calls “missile defeat and defense,” ...

Shaan Shaikh is the deputy director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, specializing in missile proliferation, air defense, and non-state actors. The CSIS Missile Defense Project’s quarterly ...

The Dongfeng-17 (DF-17) hypersonic weapon system on parade in Beijing, October 2019. Source: PLA China maintains the largest and most diverse missile arsenal in the world. Since the end of the Cold ...

On November 29, Russia’s Defense Ministry said it test fired a Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate launched the Zircon while in the White Sea, successfully striking a ...

Masao Dahlgren is a fellow with the CSIS Missile Defense Project, where he focuses on deterrence and emerging technologies.

From the Gulf War Scud hunts to today’s discussion of targeting missiles “left of launch,” the challenge of countering missile threats has been defined by a competition of hiding and finding. 1 Prior ...

Masao Dahlgren is a fellow with the CSIS Missile Defense Project, where he focuses on deterrence and emerging technologies. The CSIS Missile Defense Project’s quarterly newsletter has info on the ...