Theater Ballistic Missile Defense: Who's Fight Is It

Abstract

Theater Missile Defense (TMD) is a high-profile mission area that sits atop many CINC's Integrated Priority Lists. While all the Services are putting funds into TMD, turf battles have broken out over who should control the TMD battle. The first step in clarifying the missile defense control issue is to disregard the current definitions of theater missile, attack operations, and active defense. Many of the TMD-specific missions are already conducted as part of counterair operations; however, one mission area defense against in-flight theater ballistic missiles - remains unique. That particular mission should be controlled by an anti-ballistic missile expert, responsible to the Area Air Defense Commander.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1999
Accession Number
ADA363829

Entities

People

  • Edward B. Schmidt

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Cooperative Engagement Capability
  • Counterair Operations
  • Defense Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Missile Defense Systems.