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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111234089
Author : Ashton B. Carter,David N. Schwartz
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815705765
Defense against nuclear attack—so natural and seemingly so compelling a goal—has provoked debate for at least twenty years. Ballistic missle defense systems, formerly called antiballistic missile systems, offer the prospect of remedying both superpowers' alarming vulnerability to nuclear weapons by technological rather than political means. But whether ballistic missile defenses can be made to work and whether it is wise to build them remain controversial. The U.S.-Soviet Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 restricts testing and deployment of ballistic missile defenses but has not prohibited more than a decade of research and development on both sides. As exotic new proposals are put forward for space-based directed-energy systems, questions about the effectiveness and wisdom of missile defense have again become central to the national debate on defense policy. This study, jointly sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, examines the strategic, technological, and political issues raised by ballistic missile defense. Eight contributors take an analytical approach to their areas of expertise, which include the relationship of missile defense to nuclear strategy, the nature and potential applications of current and future technologies, the views on missile defense in the Soviet Union and among the smaller nuclear powers, the meaning of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty for today's technology, and the present role and historical legacy of ballistic missile defense in the context of East-West relations. The volume editors give a comprehensive introduction to this wide range of subjects and an assessment of future prospects. In the final chapter, nine knowledgeable observers offer their varied personal views on the ballistic missile defense question.
Author : Steven A. Hildreth
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 1590339738
The United States has pursued missile defenses since the dawn of the missile age shortly after World War II. The development and deployment of missile defenses has not only been elusive, but has proven to be one of the most divisive issues of the past generation. The Bush Administration substantially altered the debate over missile defenses. The Administration requested significant funding increases for missile defense programs, eliminated the distinction between national and theater missile defense, restructured the missile defense program to focus more directly on developing deployment options for a "layered" capability to intercept missiles aimed at U.S. territory across the whole spectrum of their flight path, adopted a new, untried development and acquisition strategy, announced U.S. withdrawal from the 1972 Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty, and is deploying an initial national missile defense capability. Critics, however, take issue with assertions that the threat is increasing, citing evidence that the number of nations seeking or possessing nuclear weapons has actually declined over the past twenty years. Moreover, they argue that the technology for effective missile defense remains immature, that deployment is provocative to allies, friends, and adversaries, and it is a budget-buster that reduces the availability of funds to modernize and operate U.S. conventional military forces. They argue especially that some major powers view U.S. missile defense as an attempt at strategic domination and that other, such as China, will expand their missile capabilities in response.
Author : Erin V. Causewell
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 1590332474
Missiles came of age after World War II and the United States has pursued missile defences ever since. The issue has turned out to be one of the most divisive of the past generation taking into account the Russian position and their threat or perceived threat and the technical difficulties of actually implementing any missile defence. The Bush Administration claims that for the first time an effective missile defence is technically possible and that the threat of weapons of mass destruction has spread to many nations and groups other that Russia. The two factors, according to them, make missile defence an urgent priority justifying the breaking of the widely-revered ABM Treaties. Their argument rests partially on a bet that the Russians have now fallen so far behind since the Yeltsin government took over that they cannot keep up technologically. Although terrorism groups will not be deterred by the missile defence being planned, countries like China, North Korea etc., might well be. This book frames the current debate and also presents the legal considerations for withdrawal from the ABM Treaties.
Author : David B H Denoon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429723650
With the end of the Cold War and the visibility of U.S. Patriot missile defenses during the 1991 Gulf War, the cost and benefits of ballistic missile defense systems (BMD) need to be re-evaluated. In this detailed and balanced study, David Denoon assesses new types of short-range and intercontinental missile defenses. In the post Cold War era, two fundamental changes have made missile defense for the United States and its military forces more compelling: The United States and Russia no longer see each other as direct threats and there has been a dramatic proliferation of ballistic missile capability in the Third World. Consequently, U.S. forces deployed overseas are more likely to be at risk and, eventually, the United States itself could become vulnerable to missile threats. With these changes in mind, David Denoon analyzes the current BMD dilemma, arguing that active defenses against missiles should be seen as a form of insurance against catastrophe. He assesses the likelihood of missile attacks and the appropriate level of investment for the United States to defend against such attacks. The book provides an assessment of deterrence and the performance of the Patriot missiles during the 1991 Gulf War, critiques the Strategic Defense Initiative, and analyzes the prospects for new types of short-range and intercontinental missile defenses.
Author : Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Ballistic missile defenses
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU14222280
Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon,James M. Lindsay
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815798675
Arms control and missile defense are once again at the forefront of the American national security agenda. Not surprisingly, the debate has broken down along well-worn lines. Arms control advocates dismiss the idea of missile defense as a dangerous and costly folly. Missile defense advocates argue that the U.S. should move aggressively to defend itself against missile attack. With clear and lively prose free of partisan rhetoric, Defending America provides reliable, factual analysis of the missile defense debate. Written for a general audience, it assesses the current and likely future missile threat to the United States, examines relevant technologies, and suggests how America's friends and foes would react to a decision to build a national missile defense. Lindsay and O'Hanlon reject calls for large-scale systems as well as proposals to do nothing, instead arguing for a limited national missile defense.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Ballistic missile defenses
ISBN : OCLC:46968564
Author : Sten Rynning,Bertel Heurlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2005-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134234615
The missile defence policy of the US plays a crucial role in international affairs and is normally studied from a US perspective. This book is different, it delivers a sharp analysis of regional and national variations and integrates them with US viewpoints to present a rounded and comprehensive study. What will be the international ramifications of American plans to deploy a comprehensive national missile defence policy? This is a key question for all those wishing to build a sense of the global future and is here answered with clarity and rigour by expert contributors. This new study breaks the mould of traditional assessments that focus exclusively on the US world picture and are inevitably one-dimensional. Here we see that US action automatically entails reactions as this text advances a more balanced approach. By integrating a focus on US policy with a strong analysis of regional dynamics, it demonstrates that the global ramifications of US policy are indeed contingent upon distinct regional and national variations. These differences in turn have consequences both for the challenges the US faces in relation to missile defence and for the future of world politics. This is an innovative and groundbreaking study that contains lessons for those wishing to safeguard the future by becoming alert to its challenges and complexities.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : LOC:00039911000
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Author : Daniel Gouré
Publisher : CSIS
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0892063718
"As the time approaches for what could well be President Clinton's decision to deploy a national missile defense, this report reviews where the current program and policies are taking the nation. It is as important to avoid a premature deployment that would embarrass proponents as it is to move expeditiously to a useful defense."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Rip Bulkeley,Hans Günter Brauch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : ABM Treaty, 1972
ISBN : UOM:39015025344121
Author : Steven A. Hildreth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Ballistic missile defenses
ISBN : OCLC:227954223
The University of Wisconsin features information about the realities of a missile defense system for the United States, as part of the Why Files resource. Why Files uses news and current events to explore science and the issues it raises. The content is associated with specific National Science Education standards and offers links to related sites.
Author : Catherine McArdle Kelleher,Peter Dombrowski
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804796569
Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective explains the origins, evolution, and implications of the regional approach to missile defense that has emerged since the presidency of George H. W. Bush, and has culminated with the missile defense decisions of President Barack Obama. The Obama administration's overarching concept for American missile defense focuses on developing both a national system of limited ground-based defenses, located in Alaska and California, intended to counter limited intercontinental threats, and regionally-based missile defenses consisting of mobile ground-based technologies like the Patriot PAC-3 system, and sea-based Aegis-equipped destroyer and cruisers. The volume is intended to stimulate renewed debates in strategic studies and public policy circles over the contribution of regional and national missile defense to global security. Written from a range of perspectives by practitioners and academics, the book provides a rich source for understanding the technologies, history, diplomacy, and strategic implications of the gradual evolution of American missile defense plans. Experts and non-experts alike—whether needing to examine the offense-defense tradeoffs anew, to engage with a policy update, or to better understand the debate as it relates to a country or region—will find this book invaluable. While it opens the door to the debates, however, it does not find or offer easy solutions—because they do not exist.
Author : K. R. Gupta
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Ballistic missile defenses
ISBN : 8126900490
Statement Of President George W. Bush Regarding His Intention To Introduce National Missile Defence (Nmd) Has Given Rise To A Lively Discussion On The Subject All Over The World. In This Book An Attempt Has Been Made To Present The Viewpoints Of Eminent Experts From Different Countries, Particularly Those From Countries Directly Affected By The Nmd E.G. The United States Of America, Russia, China, The United Kingdom, North Korea, India, Etc.It Is Hoped That The Book Would Be Of Great Value To The Researchers And Students Of Defence Studies, Parliamentarians, Senior Executives Concerned With Defence And The Common Readers.
