Successive U.S. administrations have urged the creation of an anti- missile system to protect against threats from rogue states. The Bush Administration believes that North Korea and Iran are strategic threats and questions whether they can be deterred by conventional means. The Administration has built long-range missile defense bases in Alaska and California to protect against North Korean missiles. The system has been tested, with mixed results, and questions have been raised about its effectiveness. The Administration has proposed deploying a ground-based mid-course defense (GMD) element of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in Europe to defend against an Iranian missile threat. The system would include 10 interceptors in Poland, and radar in the Czech Republic. Deployment of the European GMD capability is scheduled to be completed by 2013 at a cost of $4.04 billion.


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    Title :

    Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe, July 25, 2007


    Contributors:
    S. A. Hildreth (author) / C. Ek (author)

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    17 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English