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Title:

Options for deploying missile defenses in Europe.

Publisher:

For sale by the Supt. of Docs.U.S. G.P.O.,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xxii, 57 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Ballistic missile defenses--Europe.
Europe--Defenses.
United States--Defenses.

Other Authors:

United States. Congressional Budget Office.

Notes:

"February 2009." Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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.

Series:

CBO study

ISBN:

0160827388
9780160827389

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317384237

LCCN:

2009397119

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)