Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress [PDF]
This report discusses the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program. Under current Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Navy plans, the number of BMD-capable Navy Aegis ships is schedule to grow from 20 at the end of FY2010 to 38 at the end of FY2015 ...
O'Rourke, Ronald
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Is ballistic missile defence destabilising?
Ballistic missile defence is becoming a source of tension in international security affairs.
Paul Dibb
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MISSILE DEFENCE SHIELDS: AUTOMATED & ANTICIPATORY SELF-DEFENCE? [PDF]
In response to the escalating rhetoric and bellicose actions emanating from the Korean peninsula in April 2013, the United States deployed Patriot Missile Systems at its overseas military bases in danger of being struck by a North Korean missile launch.
Grimal, Francis
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Outfitting and Pre-positioning Theater Ballistic Missile Defense AEGIS Battle Groups to Meet an Exigent Threat of Attack [PDF]
Brown, G. and Wood, K. “Outfitting and Pre-positioning Theater Ballistic Missile Defense AEGIS Battle Groups to Meet an Exigent Threat of Attack,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, November 17-20 ...
Brown, Gerald, Wood, Kevin
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Ballistic missile defence: An Australian perspective
The University of Queensland's School of Political Science and International Studies organised a round table in Canberra on 27 June 2001 that brought together a select group of government policy-makers and academic specialists to discuss the issue of ...
Lyon, Rod, Dellit, David
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Missile defence and the transatlantic security relationship
Ballistic missile defence has re-emerged since 1999 as a controversial issue on the transatlantic security agenda. The article examines this re-emergence. Three phases in the recent evolution of US missile defence policy from 1995-2001 are outlined.
Bowen, W Q; id_orcid
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Tales of the Shield: A Feminist Reading of Ballistic Missile Defence [PDF]
Prior to September 11th – the date by which we now frame discussions – debates around missile defence, whether national or transnational, were framed around two central points: what I call the ‘can it work’ and ‘should we or should we not do it’ debates.
Masters, Cristina
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Wpływ polskiego komponentu Aegis Ashore na relacje z USA i NATO jako determinanta bezpieczeństwa międzynarodowego [PDF]
The proliferation of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles combined with the growing threat from „rogue states” are the premises leading to the inevitable development of the missile defence strategy.
Aleksandra Murat-Bors +1 more
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The current state, problems and future of Germany's air and missile defence. OSW Commentary No. 105, 2013-04-10 [PDF]
From German point of view, air and missile defence systems are of little relevance for the protection of Germany’s territory. However, they are seen as important for conducting ‘out of area’ operations, providing military assistance to allies, and for ...
Gotkowska, Justyna
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Localisation and Pre-calculation for Anti-missile Defence Shield System [PDF]
One of the most important problems in anti-missile systems is localisation ambulatory missiles’ defence sites along with fixed missiles’ defence sites in best positions to destroy enemy’s missiles.
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