ID | 122547 |
Title Proper | Aegis BMD global enterprise |
Other Title Information | a high end maritime partnership |
Language | ENG |
Author | Hicks, Brad ; Galdorisi, George ; Truver, Scott C |
Publication | 2012. |
Summary / Abstract (Note) | For more than three decades, beginning soon after the end of World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union faced off against each other. The concept of "mutual assured destruction"-MAD, the U.S. threat of massive retaliation to a Soviet first strike-became America's Cold War de facto strategic defense policy. In March 1983, however, President Ronald Reagan asked whether ballistic missiles could be destroyed before they reached the United States or its allies, thus catalyzing efforts for a national ballistic-missile-defense program that would undermine the need for MAD. That same year, the U.S. N avy commissioned USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), the first of what is to become a fleet of more than eighty Aegis warships. In 2012, these trends have converged, and Aegis ballistic-missile defense (BMD) is an increasingly important component of a robust national BMD System (BMDS). |
`In' analytical Note | Naval War College Review Vol. 65, No.3; Summer 2012: p.65-80 |
Journal Source | Naval War College Review Vol. 65, No.3; Summer 2012: p.65-80 |
Key Words | United States ; World War II ; Soviet Union ; America's Cold War ; Strategic Defence Policy ; Ronald Reagan ; Ballistic Missile Defense Program ; National BMD System |