عنوان

Defending America :

0815798679

9780815798675

0815700083

b730494

Defending America :

[Book]

the case for limited national missile defense /

James M. Lindsay, Michael E. O'Hanlon.

1st softcover ed.

Washington, D.C. :

Brookings Institution Press,

2002, ©2001.

1 online resource (xxvi, 258 pages) :

illustrations, maps

Includes new preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-246) and index.

ch. 1. Defending America. Déjà vu all over again -- Is the third time a charm? -- Why not prevention, preemption, and deterrence? -- Sensible defense means limited defense -- A modest proposal -- ch. 2. Missile Defense: concepts and systems -- Basic elements of ballistic missiles -- The trajectory of a ballistic missile -- Basic types of missile defenses -- Types of theater missile defenses -- Types of national missile defense -- Decoys and other countermeasures -- ch. 3. The threat. A growing ballistic missile threat? -- Russia -- China -- North Korea, Iran, and Iraq -- Other emerging ballistic missile powers -- Alternative threats -- The consequences of a missile attack -- ch. 4. Missile defense programs and architectures. Midcourse defense: the Clinton Administration program -- Larger midcourse defenses -- Boost-phase defenses -- Layered and space-based systems -- Conclusion -- ch. 5. The international politics of missile defense -- Russia -- China -- America's friends and allies -- South Asia -- No more disarmament? -- ch. 6. Missile defense and American security. A limited, two-tier national missile defense against "rogue" regimes -- Selling a limited, two-tier defense abroad -- Selling a limited, two-tier defense at home -- Appendixes. A. Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and related documents -- B. Excerpts from the DCI National Intelligence Estimate -- C. Excerpts from the 1998 Rumsfeld Commission Report -- D. Excerpts from the 1999 National Intelligence Review -- Notes -- Index.

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JSTOR

22573/ctsfh4r9

Defending America.

0815706332

Case for limited national missile defense

Limited national missile defense

Ballistic missile defenses-- United States.

National security-- United States.

Ballistic missile defenses.

Militaire politiek.

Military readiness.

National security.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Military Science.

United States, Defenses.

United States.

Verenigde Staten.

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TEC-- 025000

Lindsay, James M.,1959-

O'Hanlon, Michael E.

Brookings Institution.

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