Options for deploying missile defenses in Europe.

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Author / Creator:Bennett, Michael J., 1958-
Imprint:Washington, DC : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2009]
Description:xxii, 57 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language:English
Series:CBO study
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Format: U.S. Federal Government Document Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7730419
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Other authors / contributors:Eveker, Kevin.
United States. Congressional Budget Office.
ISBN:9780160827389
0160827388
Notes:"Michael Bennett and Kevin Eveker of CBO's National Security Division performed the analysis and wrote the study..."--Preface.
"February 2009."
Includes bibliographical references.
Also available via Internet from the CBO web site. Address as of 4/14/2009: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/100xx/doc10013/02-27-MissileDefense.pdf; current access available via PURL.
Summary:Study examines the cost and potential defensive capability of the proposed European Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system. Also explores alternative ways to provide some or all of the intended capabilities of that system. Alternatives considered include deploying sea-based interceptors around Europe or mobile land-based interceptors at existing U.S. bases in Europe. In addition, defensive capability that would be available if no dedicated missile defenses were fielded in Europe is examined.
Other form:Options for deploying missile defenses in Europe xxii, 57 p.
GPO item no.:1005-C
Govt.docs classification:Y 10.2:M 69/2
Table of Contents:
  • Ballistic missiles: threats and defenses. Current and potential missile threats from Iran ; The debate about ballistic missile defenses ; Technical challenges to ballistic missile defenses ; Current and planned components of U.S. missile defenses
  • Options for missile defenses in Europe. Existing midcourse-phase defenses ; Four alternatives for missile defenses in Europe ; Estimated costs of the options
  • Defense capabilities of alternative midcourse-phase missile defenses. The U.S.-based GMD Block 3.0 System ; A potential crisis-response defense ; CBO's four options for deploying standing missile defenses in Europe
  • Ballistic missile basics
  • Analytic methods and sensitivity of the results to changes in assumptions.