Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe

Abstract

As part of ongoing efforts to protect the United States and its allies from attack by ballistic missiles, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is working to deploy a missile defense system in Europe. As proposed, the system would be fielded by 2013 and would include interceptor missiles in silos to be built in Poland, a tracking radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar at an unspecified location near Iran. The goal of the system, according to MDA, is to "defend [U.S.] allies and deployed forces in Europe from limited Iranian longrange threats and expand protection of [the] U.S. homeland."1

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA500819

Entities

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Geography
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Radar
  • Reconnaissance Satellites
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies