American missile defense a guide to the issues
This hard-hitting analysis of the U.S. missile defense program explains the system's limitations and argues that it is not nearly as effective as Americans have been led to believe.
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| Language: | English |
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Santa Barbara, CA
Praeger
2010
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| Series: | Contemporary military, strategic, and security issues
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The ballistic missile threat
- George W. Bush and missile defense
- Ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) system
- The aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) system
- The patriot and the medium extended air defense system (MEADS) systems
- The terminal high altitude area defense (THAAD) system
- The airborne laser and kinetic energy interceptor
- Space sensors
- Space-based interceptors.