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Japan and ballistic missile defense / Michael D. Swaine, Rachel M. Swanger, Takashi Kawakami.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swaine, Michael D., author.
- Swanger, Rachel M., author.
- Kawakami, Takashi, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballistic missile defenses--Japan.
- Ballistic missile defenses.
- Ballistic missiles--China.
- Ballistic missiles.
- Ballistic missiles--Korea (North).
- Japan--Defenses.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 97 pages) : map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work explores both the benefits and potential problems of deploying a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Japan. It concludes that Japan could gradually acquire many of the elements of a BMD system while avoiding an explicit, formal deployment decision.
- Contents:
- Preface; Tables and Map; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chapter One: INTRODUCTION; Chapter Two: MOTIVATIONS AND RESPONSES; Chapter Three: DOMESTIC FACTORS DETERMINING FUTURE DECISIONS; Chapter Four: CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781598751635
- 1598751638
- OCLC:
- 171566466
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