Ballistic Missile Defense

A new race to the moon may be emerging. [more]

A U.S. ballistic missile defense radar has reportedly arrived in Israel. (With Stratfor map) [more]

The United States is currently set to lose its capacity to send humans into space. [more]

Poland and the United States have signed a long-delayed deal over the placement of 10 U.S. ballistic missile defense interceptors on Polish soil. [more]

The secretary-general of a Russian-dominated alliance structure has suggested an offensive weapons deployment in response to U.S. ballistic missile defense efforts in Europe. (With Stratfor map) [more]

Rumors are flying about a new Russian presence in Cuba.(With Stratfor map). [more]

Russia has been talking to Cuba about putting a base in the Caribbean country -- but a small aerial refueling base, not a facility holding any munitions. [more]

Stratfor examines the potential Russian military response to U.S. ballistic missile defense sites in Europe. (With Stratfor map) [more]

Russia began decreasing the amount of oil delivered to the Czech Republic the same day Prague signed an agreement with Washington related to the United States' ballistic missile defense system. [more]

Two major developments on the geopolitical landscape -- the adoption of a new pro-Western government in Serbia and a U.S./Czech deal to establish a ballistic missile defense system -- may have taken the wind out of Russian sails but the political powerhouse is not without options. [more]

Stratfor examines the future of U.S. ballistic missile defense efforts. [more]

Poland and the United States have reached an agreement on the U.S. missile base to be deployed in the former Eastern Bloc country. [more]

With talks bogged down with Poland over installing part of a U.S. ballistic missile defense system on Polish soil, the United States is now talking to Lithuania about serving as an alternative site. There is ample motivation for Washington and Vilnius to expedite the deal, which would not be good news for Moscow.(With Stratfor map) [more]

On July 16, 1945, at a remote testing range in southern New Mexico, the United States detonated... [more]

The maintenance of the Chinese nuclear deterrent will present challenges for Beijing. [more]

Israel hopes to deploy an interceptor-based defensive system to protect its civilian population around the Gaza Strip from Palestinian rocket fire. (With Stratfor map) [more]

Stratfor's position on the so-called "weaponization" of space is that it is not only inevitable, it is already occurring in very meaningful ways. [more]

The U.S. downing of a wayward satellite, and the confidence demonstrated beforehand, is evidence of a mature weapon system. [more]

The United States destroyed an unresponsive satellite using an interceptor designed and built for ballistic missile defense -- which clearly can be used in anti-satellite operations as well. [more]

The U.S. Navy succeeded in its first attempt to shoot down a falling spy satellite, using an SM-3 missile. The test overtly reveals an offensive use for part of the United States’ ballistic missile defense inventory - and China was quick to take notice. [more]