Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe

Abstract

Successive U.S. administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against threats from rogue states. The Bush Administration believes that North Korea and Iran are strategic threats and questions whether they can be deterred by conventional means. The Administration has built long-range missile defense bases in Alaska and California to protect against North Korean missiles. The system has been tested, with mixed results and questions have been raised about its effectiveness. The Administration has proposed deploying a ground-based mid-course defense (GMD) element of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in Europe to defend against the threat of long-range missiles from Iran. The system would include 10 interceptors in Poland, a fixed radar installation in the Czech Republic, and another forward deployed radar elsewhere in the region, but closer to Iran. Deployment of the European GMD capability is scheduled to be completed by 2013 at a cost of $4.04 billion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 22, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470210

Entities

People

  • Carl Ek
  • Steven A. Hildreth

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • California
  • Command And Control
  • Construction
  • Czech Republic
  • Defense Systems
  • Eastern Europe
  • Governments
  • Ground Based
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Treaties
  • United States

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security