Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
90 percent
The performance of Ukraine’s air defenses has steadily improved since the start of the war, particularly against Russian cruise missiles. Since May, Ukraine has reported intercepting around 90 percent of Russian cruise missiles and drones.
SOURCE: "Russia Isn’t Going to Run Out of Missiles" by CSIS's Ian Williams.
0.82 percent
As a percentage of the population in uniform, the Baltic countries have higher numbers than the rest of NATO. Lithuania, for example, has 0.82 percent of its population in uniform, whereas the United States and Germany have 0.41 and 0.22 percent, respectively.
SOURCE: "Strengthening Baltic Security: Next Steps for NATO" by CSIS's Mark F. Cancian, Sean Monaghan, and Daniel Fata.
$92.1 billion
Within the overall semiconductor industry, experts estimate that the advanced packaging market will reach $92.1 billion by 2026.
SOURCE: "Advanced Packaging and the Future of Moore’s Law" by CSIS's Sujai Shivakumar and Chris Borges.
6,200 miles
The NATO Pipeline System is approximately 6,200 miles long, linking fuels and lubricants to storage depots, military air bases, civil airports, pumping stations, truck and rail loading stations, refineries, and entry/discharge points.
SOURCE: "European Warfighting Resilience and NATO Race of Logistics: Ensuring That Europe Has the Fuel It Needs to Fight the Next War" by CSIS's Anna Dowd, Dominik P. Jankowski, and Cynthia Cook.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Claire Dannenbaum, Claire Smrt, and the External Relations team.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
