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Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies
Ballistic Missile Defense Programs
Author: Strom Thurmond
Release: 2000-12-01
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Pages: 109
ISBN-10: 0756703735
Hearing held by the Senate Committee on Armed Services. Witnesses include: Donald Rumsfeld, Chairman, accompanied by Richard Garwin, William Graham, Lawrence Welch, Members, Commission to Assess the Ballistic Missile Threat to the U.S.; John H. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Ballistic Missile Defense And The Future Of American Security
Author: Roger Handberg
Release: 2002
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Pages: 254
ISBN-10: 0275970094
Places the debate on national missile defense within the context of an ongoing controversy over the direction of American foreign and defense policy since the 1950s.
Ballistic Missile Defense
Author: Ashton B. Carter
Release: 2010-12-01
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Pages: 446
ISBN-10: 081570576X
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.
Ballistic Missile Defense
Author: John H. Pendleton
Release: 2008-12
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Pages: 45
ISBN-10: 9781437908893
In 2002, the DoD established the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop and deploy globally integrated ballistic missile defenses to protect the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, friends, and allies. To deliver an operational capability as quickly as possible, the agency was not subject to traditional DoD requirements and oversight processes. While directed to work closely with the combatant commands, the agency was not required to build missile defenses to meet specific operational requirements. This report assesses the extent to which DoD has developed a process that identifies, prioritizes, and addresses overall combatant command priorities as the MDA develops ballistic missile defense capabilities. Includes recommend. Illus.
Ballistic Missile Defense
Author: Robert L Ehrlich
Release: 2000-11-01
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Pages: 141
ISBN-10: 9780756704759
Hearing on the proliferation of ballistic missile technology and its ability in wrong hands to pose a personal threat to every American citizen. There has been mounting evidence of such a threat from missiles that could carry conventional chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. Today, fully 25 countries, some of them hostile to the U.S., possess or are actively developing ballistic missiles. Witnesses include: Michael Krepon, pres., the Henry L. Stimson Center; Keith Payne, pres., Nat. Inst. for Public Policy; R. James Woolsey, former Dir., Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Frank Gaffney, Jr., pres., Center for Security Policy; and Rep. Curt Weldon.
History Of Strategic And Ballistic Missile Defense Volume Ii
Author: Barry Leonard
Release: 2011-01
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Pages: 374
ISBN-10: 9781437921311
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This is the second of two vol. on the history of strategic air and ballistic missile defense from 1945 to 1972. It covers 1955¿1972, and is organized into five interrelated chapters. Chapter I provides a comparison of U.S. and Soviet strategies, Chapters II and III deal with U.S. strategy and Soviet strategy, while Chapters IV and V cover U.S. systems and Soviet systems. The Executive Summary has three major groupings: one, to reflect the contextual setting of decision-making, circa 1955; the second, to highlight strategic air defense policy comparisons and contrasts, 1955¿1972; and a third, to present judgments and conclusions about the results of the play of factors and perceptions which molded air defense decisions during these years. Illustrations.
Foreign Missile Developments And The Ballistic Missile Threat Through 2015
Author: Barry Leonard
Release: 2008-11
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Pages: 15
ISBN-10: 9781437900842
The Intell. Community produces annual reports containing the latest intelligence on ballistic missile (BM) develop. and threats and a discussion of non-missile threat options. This paper is an unclassified summary of the Nat. Intell. Estimate that is the 4th annual report. It describes: new BM develop. and their projections of likely BM threats to the U.S., U.S. interests overseas, and military forces or allies through 2015; updates assessments of theater BM forces worldwide; discusses the evolving proliferation environment; and provides a summary of forward-based threats and cruise missiles. Examines future BM capabilities of several countries that have BM and BM develop. programs: Russia, China, N. Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, India, and Pakistan.
Ballistic Missile Defense Glossary
Lightweight Ballistic Composites
Author: Ashok Bhatnagar
Release: 2006-06-30
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Pages: 448
ISBN-10: 9781845691554
Ballistic composites need to be lightweight and durable as well as exhibiting high impact resistance and damage tolerance. This important book reviews these requirements, how the materials used for ballistic composites meet them and their range of applications. After an introductory chapter, Lightweight ballistic composites is split into two main sections. The first part of the book explores material requirements and testing. There are chapters on bullets and bullet fragments, material responses to ballistic impact, standards and specifications, modelling and test methods. Part Two reviews the range of materials used, production methods and applications. Topics discussed include high-performance ballistic fibres and ceramics, non-woven ballistic and prepreg composites, and their uses in body armour, vehicle and aircraft protection. This major book is the first of its kind to give a comprehensive review of the current use of lightweight ballistic composites in both military and law-enforcement applications. It is an invaluable reference for all those involved in personnel and vehicle protection in defence and police forces around the world. Reviews the current use of lightweight ballistic composites in both military and law-enforcement application An authoritative overview of the range of materials used, production methods and applications Explores material requirements and testing