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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Missile Defense
Missile Defense
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This undated photo released by the official Korean Central News Agency on May 30, 2017 shows a test-fire of a ballistic missile at an undisclosed location (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Otto Warmbier arrives at a court for his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 16, 2015 (Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images)
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Two US Army THAAD launchers arrive in South Korea, March 5, 2017 (MSgt Jeremy Larlee)
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A long-range ground-based interceptor successfully intercepted an ICBM target launched from the U.S. Army’s Reagan Test Site. This was the first live-fire test event against an ICBM-class target (Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Department of Defense)
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North Korea's ballistic missile, North Korea Victory Day, 2013 (Stefan Krasowski)
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Korean People's Army (KPA) tanks are displayed during a military parade marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2017. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
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The Redesigned Kill Vehicle Standard Missile 3 (SM-3). (Raytheon)
Experts
Rebeccah L. Heinrichs
Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative
Iku Tsujihiro
Research Associate
Timothy A. Walton
Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology
