In a March white paper, the government pledged to reinvigorate the nuclear-powered submarine and deterrent industrial base.

Read Nick Childs and Timothy Wright’s #MilitaryBalance analysis. bit.ly/3xp6e65

Are the UK’s Trident launch failures a cause for concern?

No. The Trident-II D5 is very reliable, with a 3.7% total failure rate (and only 3/196 since 1990).

Here's a longer answer with facts and a cracking chart (thanks to amazing work by Jonathan McDowell):

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen the use of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as direct attack munitions by both participants.

Read the #MissileDialogueInitiative assessment ➡ go.iiss.org/45zVXiF

I wrote a few weeks ago about how the Netherlands’ long-range strike ambitions would mean it would punch well above its weight once realised. But the NL’s procurement choices of mostly US equipment highlights the lack of European alternatives.

#MilitaryBalance : Although the Netherlands spends less on defence than some of its neighbours, its procurement of long-range strike capabilities represents one of the most serious efforts by a European NATO member to redress existing capability gaps.

➡ go.iiss.org/3P0wd9C

As always it was a pleasure sharing the panel with learned scholars and researchers William Alberque, Timothy Wright, Ashfaque Arain, our moderator Adil, and above all the wonderful students of FASS - AIR UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD

Today FASS - AIR UNIVERSITY ISLAMABAD hosted IISS News for an interactive session

With Adil moderating our panelists William Alberque, Timothy Wright, Ashfaque Arain & Prof Dr Ali Sarosh, and with avid participation by our students 💪💪, we covered everything from geopolitics to astropolitics

More of this!

The Netherlands is planning to strengthen its long-range strike capabilities. Its procurement choices also highlight long-standing capability gaps and a shortage of European alternatives.
iiss.org/online-analysi… via Timothy Wright

A good examination of missile capabilities across the Western Pacfic from the IISS News by Veerle Nouwens 温丽玉, Timothy Wright, Euan Graham and Blake Herzinger.

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China’s targeting capabilities are very likely to be sufficient to support attacks against fixed targets throughout most of the first island chain and beyond.

Read the ISS research paper by Veerle Nouwens 温丽玉, Timothy Wright, Euan Graham and Blake Herzinger:

➡ go.iiss.org/490oHDA

Great to see we’re having the intended effect.

Missile arsenals are growing at an exponential rate in the Asia-Pacific region.

Read the latest IISS research paper by experts Veerle Nouwens 温丽玉, Timothy Wright, Euan Graham and Blake Herzinger:

➡ go.iiss.org/490oHDA

Great to see Defense News picked up our recent IISS News report on long-range strike capabilities in the Asia-Pacific, especially our graphic illustrating potential B-21 basing locations and how it can project power in the region.

Read the report here: iiss.org/research-paper…

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North Korea has supplied Russia with ‘several dozen’ short-range ballistic missiles - confirmed by US’s John Kirby.

Timothy Wright and Joseph Dempsey provide their analysis. #MissileDialogueInitiative bit.ly/4bbvUm6

What we can see on the pictures:

- Parts of a disassembled C-802-derived anti-ship missile (either Nour, Ghader or Ghadir)
- Likely anti-ship missile warhead
- Scud-type liquid propellant rocket engines as used in Qiam-derived medium-range ballistic missiles

Yemen’s Houthi rebels has been threatening shipping in the Red Sea with an increasingly diverse and capable range of anti-ship missiles.

Fabian Hinz explains. bit.ly/3vu65NB

New blog post: Everything you always wanted to know about the Houthi anti-ship missile arsenal. iiss.org/online-analysi…

Calls for Germany to improve deterrence through long-range strike capabilities. Alone among European NATO members, Germany is developing a ground-launched cruise missile, the JFS-M. Although limited in range, procurement of JASSM-ER will add extra reach.

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My colleague Zuzanna Gwadera’s excellent IISS News piece for the Missile Dialogue Initiative on recent developments for Japan’s ongoing ‘counterstrike’ capabilities, including its procurement of the Block V TLAM.