Case for ballistic missile defense
Journal Article
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· Daedalus (Boston); (United States)
OSTI ID:5196265
The author argues that many new technologies could make a spectrum of ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems practical; that a strategic posture based on defense can contribute to deterrence, increase stability, and reduce or even eliminate the threat of nuclear extermination; and that the US should support a vigorous development of BMD technologies to discover their true potential. The Defense Technologies Study Team concluded that it will take years of research, engineering, and analysis to resolve all the strategic defense initiative (SDI) issues. This is not the time to attack broad system concepts as if they were actual system designs. The question now is whether the technology is worth pursuing, not whether it will work.
- OSTI ID:
- 5196265
- Journal Information:
- Daedalus (Boston); (United States), Journal Name: Daedalus (Boston); (United States) Vol. 2; ISSN DAEDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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