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Ballistic missile defense : select issues and policies /
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 ra...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Defense, security and strategy series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 REPORTEXECUTIVE 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 PROGRAMAPPENDIX D. EARLIER OVERSIGHT ISSUES RELATING TO SM-3 BLOCK IIB MISSILE; INDEX.