Ballistic missile defense : select issues and policies / Ayoub Vermeirsch, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vermeirsch, Ayoub.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, security and strategies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ballistic missile defenses--United States.

Ballistic missile defenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ballistic missile threat is increasing both quantitatively and qualitatively, and is likely to continue to do so over the next decade. Current global trends indicate that ballistic missile systems are becoming more flexible, mobile, survivable, reliable, and accurate, while also increasing in range. A number of states are also working to increase the protection of their ballistic missiles from pre-launch attack and to increase their effectiveness in penetrating missile defenses. Several states are also developing nuclear, chemical, and/or biological warheads for their missiles. Such capabi

Contents:

""BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. SELECT ISSUES AND POLICIES""; ""BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE. SELECT ISSUES AND POLICIES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: COOPERATION AND OPPOSITION""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES IN EAST ASIA""; ""U.S. AND ALLIED RESPONSES""; ""OPPOSITION TO BMD IN EAST ASIA""; ""CHALLENGES, RISKS, AND OPPORTUNITIES ARISING FROM INCREASED BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION""; ""RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION""

""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""""Chapter 2: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE REVIEW REPORT""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT""; ""STRATEGY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK""; ""DEFENDING THE HOMELAND""; ""DEFENDING AGAINST REGIONAL THREATS""; ""STRENGTHENING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION""; ""MANAGING THE MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 3: NAVY AEGIS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (BMD) PROGRAM: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY FOR FY2014""

""APPENDIX A. AEGIS BMD FLIGHT TESTS""""APPENDIX B. HOMEPORTING OF U.S. NAVY AEGIS BMD SHIPS AT ROTA, SPAIN""; ""APPENDIX C. ALLIED PARTICIPATION AND INTEREST IN AEGIS BMD PROGRAM""; ""APPENDIX D. EARLIER OVERSIGHT ISSUES RELATING TO SM-3 BLOCK IIB MISSILE""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 28, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-910-5

OCLC:

868963157