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A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a vertical launching system on Andersen Air Force Base in Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02. (DVIDS)
Adjunct Senior Fellow, CNAS
Thomas Shugart is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
Thomas Shugart is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). His research focuses on undersea warfare and maritime competition, military innovation and acquisition, and the broader military balance in the Indo-Pacific.