A CBO Study: Alternatives for Boost-Phase Missile Defense

Abstract

This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study - prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Senate Armed Services Committee - looks at technical, operational, and cost issues related to using a boost-phase intercept (BPI) system to defend the United States against intercontinental ballistic missiles. The study compares the strengths, weaknesses, and costs of five alternative designs for a BPI system - three surface-based and two space-based - that span a range of performance characteristics. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this study makes no recommendations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA426836

Entities

People

  • David Arthur
  • Raymond Hall
  • Robie S. Roy

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Booster Rocket Engines
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Earth Orbits
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Geography
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Payload
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Rockets
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting

Technology Areas

  • Space