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ID140545
Title ProperTrajectory for homeland ballistic missile defense
LanguageENG
AuthorBuontempo, Joseph T
Summary / Abstract (Note)The Ground-based Midcourse Defense system is intended to protect the US homeland against limited attacks from intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles. It has succeeded in intercepting target missiles and can engage a threat launched from North Korea or the Middle East, targeting any point in the USA. Nevertheless, high-profile struggles and program changes related to homeland ballistic missile defense (BMD) continue to make headlines. The most significant struggle has been a string of three straight intercept test failures over five years, followed by the recent successful intercept test in June 2014. This article first briefly reviews the current threats of concern. It then examines homeland BMD policy objectives, followed by the current major technical issues in supporting these objectives and, then, the likelihood of negating a warhead. Finally, it highlights major considerations that should be part of the trajectory the US government takes moving forward.
`In' analytical NoteDefense and Security Analysis Vol. 31, No.2; Jun 2015: p.99-109
Journal SourceDefense and Security Analysis Vol: 31 No 2
Key WordsBallistic Missile Defense ;  Homeland Defense ;  Ground - Based Midcourse Defense ;  Ground - Based Interceptor


 
 
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