Topic: Philip Coyle

One of the arguments of the Bush administration for the early deployment of a ballistic missile defence system was not only that this would provide some limited defensive capability, but also that it would facilitate 'learning by doing'. the case of the ...

Can We Stop a Nuke?

ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2006, a handful of uniformed U.S. service members and Congressional staffers gathered in a windowless room in the headquarters of the Missile Defense Agency, tucked within a row of nondescript buildings on a low hill overlooking the Pentagon ...

Proactive Prototypes

Last March a group of Alabama lawmakers met with the Pentagon's top acquisition official to discuss a new program, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM). What had happened was that a new sheriff had come to town-or rather a new top acquisition ...