U.S. ballistic missile capabilities in Europe : background and implementation /

In early 2007, after several years of internal discussions and consultations with Poland and the Czech Republic, the Bush Administration formally proposed to defend against an Iranian missile threat by deploying a ground-based mid-course defense (GMD) element in Europe as part of the global U.S. BMD...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Capriani, Paulina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NOVA Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Defense, security and strategy series.
Temas:
Ballistic missiles > United States.
Missiles balistiques > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces
Ballistic missiles
United States > Armed Forces > Europe.
États-Unis > Forces armées > Europe.
Europe
United States
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  • U.S. BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES IN EUROPE: BACKGROUND AND IMPLEMENTATION
  • U.S. BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABILITIES IN EUROPE: BACKGROUND AND IMPLEMENTATION
  • Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1: LONG-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE
  • SUMMARY
  • RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
  • HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
  • THE THREAT
  • THE BUSH-PROPOSED SYSTEM
  • THE LOCATION
  • POLICY ISSUES
  • CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS
  • Chapter 2: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: DOD NEEDS TO ADDRESS PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE CAPABILITIES IN EUROPEWHY GAO DID THIS STUDY
  • WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS
  • WHAT GAO FOUND
  • BACKGROUND
  • DOD HAS INITIATED EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT EPAA BUT FACES KEY MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES DUE TO INCOMPLETE GUIDANCE AND THE LACK OF LIFE- CYCLE COST ESTIMATES AND AN INTEGRATED SCHEDULE
  • ""ALTHOUGH COMBATANT COMMANDSâ€? INVOLVEMENT IN BMD TESTING HAS INCREASED, LIMITED VISIBILITY OF BMD OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND LIMITATIONS CREATES CHALLENGES IN INTEGRATING BMD INTO OPERATIONAL PLANS""""CONCLUSION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""; ""APPENDIX II. POTENTIAL BMDS ELEMENTS FOR EPAA""; ""APPENDIX III. BMD ARCHITECTURE PERFORMANCE: IMPACT OF QUANTITIES, INTEGRATION, AND LOCATION ON DEFENDED AREAS""; ""APPENDIX IV. U.S. PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING NATOSUPPORT FOR BMD IN EUROPE""
  • Chapter 3: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: ACTIONS NEEDED TO ADDRESS IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND ESTIMATE LONG-TERM COSTS FOR EUROPEAN CAPABILITIESWHY GAO DID THIS STUDY
  • WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS
  • WHAT GAO FOUND
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • BACKGROUND
  • DODMET EPAA PHASE ONE DEPLOYMENT TIME FRAME, BUT ITS WARFIGHTER ACCEPTANCE PROCESS DOES NOT FULLY IDENTIFY AND PLAN TO RESOLVE IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES
  • DOD LACKS A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LONG-TERM OPERATING AND SUPPORT COSTS FOR BMD ELEMENTS IN EUROPE
  • CONCLUSION
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION
  • AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATIONAPPENDIX I: SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY
  • APPENDIX II. U.S. BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE (BMD) CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE BY EUROPEAN PHASED ADAPTIVE APPROACH (EPAA) PHASE
  • APPENDIX III. KEY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN PLANNING ANDIMPLEMENTING THE EUROPEAN PHASEDADAPTIVE APPROACH
  • INDEX

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