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The Depleting Missile Defense Interceptor Inventory

The proliferation of missile threats has made air and missile defense interceptors the table stakes for entry into future conflicts, forcing the Department of Defense to either ante up and buy the necessary interceptors, or fold on its regional interests and bear the consequences.

Brief by Wes Rumbaugh — December 5, 2025

Cost and Value in Air and Missile Defense Intercepts

The common analysis of recent air and missile defense engagements in the Red Sea through a cost exchange ratio framework ignores both the complexity of those engagements and the complicated value of air and missile defense.

Commentary by Wes Rumbaugh — February 13, 2024

North America Is a Region, Too

New threats and the specter of non-nuclear strategic attack require a new approach to U.S. air and missile defense. This study discusses the need for homeland cruise missile defense, outlines principles informing defense design, and develops and costs an architecture.

Report by Tom Karako, Ian Williams, Wes Rumbaugh, Ken Harmon, and Matthew Strohmeyer — July 14, 2022