The Clinton plan for theater missile defenses: Costs and alternatives
Since the Gulf War, the Department of Defense has placed a high priority on developing defenses against theater ballistic missiles (TBMs). Over the past two years the Clinton administration has redirected the focus of the Ballistic Missile Organization (BMDO, formerly the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) away from a national missile defense system and toward the development of theater missile defenses (TMDs). But the plan put forward by the administration is expensive - as much as $50 billion through the year 2010 - and it also raises several important issues about compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. But other approaches to TMD would address some of these cost and compliance concerns, so it is worthwhile to look at several alternatives and analyze their costs and effects on capability.
- OSTI ID:
- 44991
- Journal Information:
- Arms Control Today, Vol. 24, Issue 7; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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