Forging Our National Missile Defense Policy: The Republicans' Struggle in the 104th Congress

Abstract

With President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative,2 the Republicans and Democrats drew battle lines over a National Missile Defense (NMD) system to protect the United States from long-range ballistic missiles The debate has since continued through changes of Administration and control of Congress making NMD "one of the most visible and controversial programs in DOD history"3 After winning control of the Congress in the 1994 elections, the Republicans continued this highly political "tug of war" with the President and then Democrat colleagues over NMD program funding and structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA442617

Entities

People

  • Mark T. Hughes

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Language
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies