| Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress |
10-Apr-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | The Navy is currently developing technologies and studying design options for a planned new cruiser called the CG(X). The Navy wants to procure CG(X)s as replacements for its 22 existing Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers. The Navy wants the CG(X)s to be highly capable ships, particularly in the areas of anti-air warfare (AAW) and ballistic missile defense (BMD). On April 6, 2009, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced a decision ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
03-Apr-2009 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| As part of its effort to develop a global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) has modified three Navy cruisers and 15 Navy destroyers for BMD operations, and has deployed a large BMD radar--the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX)--on a modified floating oil platform. In August 2008 it was reported that the Navy had decided to increase the number of BMD-capable destroyers from 15 to at least ... |
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| Defense Management. Key Challenges Should be Addressed When Considering Changes to Missile Defense Agency's Roles and Missions |
26-Mar-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
John H Pendleton; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| To more quickly field ballistic missile defenses, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has been exempted from traditional Department of Defense (DOD) requirements development, acquisition, and oversight processes since its creation in 2002. Instead, MDA has unique roles and missions to develop and field weapon systems that address a variety of ballistic missile threats. To date, MDA has spent about $56 billion and plans to spend about $50 billion more through ... |
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| Global Missile Defense: Time to Change the Current Command Construct? |
26-Mar-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Sauter; Daniel P III; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| One of the most pressing national security issues facing the United States is ballistic missile defense. For over four decades, missiles armed with nuclear warheads have posed a threat to the very existence of the American way of life. Visionary United States policy has guided the funding, development, and employment of missile defense capabilities which enable missile defense assets to destroy an in-flight missile inside or outside of the atmosphere. ... |
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| Seabasing: A Strategy for the 21st Century? |
26-Mar-2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher T Mayette; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States has traditionally maintained a persistent forward presence through the application of sea power and the forward basing of significant forces in overseas locations such as Korea, Japan and Europe. The current world environment challenges the efficacy and prudence of this practice going forward. Current seabasing concepts provide the flexibility to maintain a persistent forward presence in a changing world-operating environment while negating certain anti-access challenges and many ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Production and Fielding of Missile Defense Components Continue with Less Testing and Validation Than Planned |
Mar-2009 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has spent about $56 billion and will spend about $50 billion more through 2013 to develop a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). GAO was directed to assess the annual progress MDA made in developing the BMDS as well as improvements in accountability and transparency in agency operations, management processes, and the new block strategy. To accomplish this, GAO reviewed contractor cost, schedule, and performance; tests ... |
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| Determining the Orbit Locations of Turkish Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft Over the Turkish Air Space |
Mar-2009 |
167 pages |
| Authors:
Nebi Sarikaya; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
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| This research provides optimal orbit locations that can be updated according to the threats, for Turkish AEW&C aircraft in the combat arena. Three combat scenarios Turkey might encounter are examined. Turkey can expect threats from everywhere. The worst cases for these scenarios include bad weather conditions and in Electronic Counter Measure (ECM) environment, adversary Surface to Air Missile (SAM) sites which are located in areas unknown to Turkish intelligence and ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Charting a Course for Improved Missile Defense Testing |
25-Feb-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Francis; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has spent about $56 billion and will spend about $50 billion more through 2013 to develop a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). This testimony is based on two reviews GAO was directed to conduct in 2008. In addition to our annual review assessing the annual cost, testing, schedule, and performance progress MDA made in developing BMDS, we have also reported on MDA's targets program. In ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
12-Feb-2009 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship, but have not agreed on whether to extend START or how to replace it. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a ... |
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| Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements |
10-Feb-2009 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Mary Beth Nikitin; Amy F Woolf; Paul K Kerr; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Arms control and nonproliferation efforts are two of the tools that have occasionally been used to implement U.S. national security strategy. Although some believe these tools do little to restrain the behavior of U.S. adversaries, while doing too much to restrain U.S. military forces and operations, many other analysts see them as an effective means to promote transparency, ease military planning, limit forces, and protect against uncertainty and surprise. Arms ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
21-Jan-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The Bush Administration believed that North Korea and Iran represent strategic threats, and questioned whether they could be deterred by conventional means. The Bush Administration s position on this issue remained unchanged, even after the intelligence community assessed that the Iranian nuclear weapons program halted in 2003. The Bush ... |
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| A Diagnostic Approach to Weapon System Lifecycle Support: The Phalanx Close-in Weapon System |
Jan-2009 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Aruna Apte; Rene Rendon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This study discusses a diagnostic approach to examining the lifecycle support system of a weapon system specifically illustrating the approaches for the US Navy Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS). The study gauges the status of current readiness and analyzes a snapshot of cost structures. The study identifies the program's influential cost factors and system performance drivers. As a diagnostic approach to the lifecycle support of the Phalanx Weapon System, the ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
08-Dec-2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile 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's position on this issue remains unchanged after a recent reassessment that the Iranian nuclear weapons program- was halted in 2003. The Administration has built long-range missile ... |
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| NATO and U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Programs: Divergent or Convergent Paths? |
Dec-2008 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin E Toms; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| NATO and the United States are actively pursuing missile defense policies. NATO has invested in the Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) information network to support the Theater Missile Defense (TMD) capabilities of specific Allies for the protection of forward deployed troops, and studies of the feasibility and political-military implications of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) for the protection of NATO territory, forces and population centers. The U.S. program includes ... |
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| Machine-Aided Design of an Air-Launched Missile Defense System |
Nov-2008 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Mark Homer; Sungyung Lim; Jose Lopez; Michael Corbett; CHARLES STARK DRAPER LAB INC CAMBRIDGE MA
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| The power of today's computers is altering design methodologies at the system level. Instead of manually comparing and contrasting a dozen or so options for configuring a system, machine aids can now quantitatively evaluate thousands of candidate configuration on the time scale of minutes. We apply a machine aid to improve the design of an air-launched missile defense system that intercepts ballistic targets during both their boost and terminal phases. ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
03-Sep-2008 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile 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's position on this issue remains unchanged after a recent reassessment that the Iranian nuclear weapons program was halted in 2003. The Administration has built long-range missile ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
02-Sep-2008 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| As part of its effort to develop a global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) has modified three Navy cruisers and 15 Navy destroyers for BMD operations, and has deployed a large BMD radar - the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) - on a modified floating oil platform. In August 2008 it was reported that the Navy has decided to increase the number of BMD-capable destroyers from ... |
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| Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Planning and Cost Estimates for Long-Term Support of Ballistic Missile Defense |
01-Sep-2008 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) has spent a total of over $115 billion since the mid-1980s to develop a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) comprised of land, air, and sea-based elements such as missiles and radars working together as an integrated system. Since the cost to operate and support a weapon system usually accounts for most of a system's lifetime costs, the resources needed to fund BMDS could be significant ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: Sound Business Case Needed to Implement Missile Defense Agency's Targets Program |
01-Sep-2008 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is likely to spend $460 million annually on missiles used as targets for flight tests. Executing these tests depends on the quality and availability of targets. Congress asked GAO to assess (1) if MDA is providing reliable targets; (2) the causes of any deficiencies; and (3) if resolutions exist for any problems identified. To do this, GAO analyzed acquisition policies and procedures; flight test data; ... |
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| Surface Combatant Readiness to Confront a Sea Control Navy |
01-Sep-2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas E Wissel; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis proposes to correct the shortfalls in the US Surface Combatants ability to counter a Sea-Control Navy. The concept counters this threat using unmanned aerial systems, decoys, and a layered defense. We analyze the performance with a Filtering Model of Salvo Warfare that is an extension of the Hughes Salvo Equations. The model incorporates the diluting effect of decoys upon enemy salvos and accounts for the historical reality of ... |
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| Missile Defense Certification: Examination of the U.S. Navy Aegis Warship and U.S. Army Patriot Crew Certification Process |
01-Sep-2008 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
Robert C Biggs; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The process employed by Naval Surface Forces to capture information during warfare certification is enabled by a computer-based feedback mechanism. The Surface Force Type Commander employs two information management system models in the form of Training and Operational Readiness Information Service (TORIS) and Training Figure of Merit (TFOM) to report progress, capture data, compare trends, and achieve training and certification process efficiency. These systems have advantages that can be recognized ... |
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| Veiled Normalization: The Implications of Japanese Missile Defense |
01-Sep-2008 |
127 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy L Clarke; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Japan's development of a missile defense system has been accompanied by the acquisition of potentially offensive military assets, an increased command and control capability, significant restructuring of the collective defense establishment, and doctrinal changes that allow pre-emption should an attack be deemed imminent. Regardless of the long-standing Japanese debate on the constitutionality of the use of force, the introduction of missile defense has institutionalized key structural elements within the defense ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
24-Jul-2008 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Successive administrations have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile 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's position on this issue remains unchanged after a recent reassessment that the Iranian nuclear weapons program was halted in 2003. The Administration has built long-range missile ... |
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| Poland's Role in European and World System of States 1979-2007 |
01-Jun-2008 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Grzegorz Motak; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The present study is a work of contemporary history. It describes and analyzes the personalities, events, and broader social and political trends that have helped to reconcile Poland's interests in Europe with its desire to retain the close friendship of the United States. It considers Poland's role in European and world affairs between 1979 and 2007, with a special focus on political events that have taken place between 2003 and ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Progress Made in Fielding Missile Defense, but Program is Short of Meeting Goals |
01-Mar-2008 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Why GAO Did This Study. By law, GAO annually assesses the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) progress in developing and fielding a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Funded at $8 billion to nearly $10 billion per year, it is the largest research and development program in the Department of Defense (DOD). The program has been managed in 2-year increments, known as blocks. Block 2006, the second BMDS block, was completed in ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Assessment of DOD Efforts to Enhance Missile Defense Capabilities and Oversight |
26-Feb-2008 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Francis; Alyssa Weir; David Best; LaTonya D Miller; Steven B Stern; Meredith A Kimmett; Kenneth E Patton; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Funded at $8 billion to nearly $10 billion per year, the Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) effort to develop and field a Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) is the largest research and development program in the Department of Defense (DOD). The program has been managed in 2-year increments, known as blocks. Block 2006, the second BMDS block, was completed in December 2007. By law, GAO annually assesses MDA's progress. This testimony ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
19-Feb-2008 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In the FY2008 defense budget, the Bush Administration requested about $310 million to begin design, construction, and deployment of a ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in Europe. According to the Administration, the proposed GMD European capability would help defend U.S. forces stationed in Europe, U.S. friends and allies in the region, as well as to defend the United States against long-range ballistic missile ... |
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| The Effectiveness of the U.S. Missile Defense Capabilities as a Deterrent to the North Korean Missile Threat |
DEC 2007 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Issac G. Gipson; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Over the last five years, America has placed an ever-increasing emphasis on missile defense and currently spends nearly $10 billion annually on its development. The United States current missile Defense system is integrated; it depends on the cooperation of defensive elements aboard ships, on land, in the air and space. The objective is to provide a layered defense with multiple opportunities to destroy an incoming missile. By investing heavily in ... |
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| Development of a Hover Test Bed at the National Hover Test Facility |
10-Oct-2007 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Jason Williams; Olivia Beal; Edwina Paisley; Randy Riley; Sarah Reeves; Kevin Mapes; LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE SYSTEMS CO DENVER CO
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| Open Architecture as an Enabler for FORCEnet Cruise Missile Defense |
SEP 2007 |
206 pages |
| Authors:
Juan G. Camacho; Lawrence F. Guest; Belen M. Hernandez; Thomas M. Johnson; Alan H. Kang; Giang T. Le; Brian J. MacGillivray; Tu K. Ngo; Kyle B. Norman; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Advancements in missile technology have made cruise missile capability available worldwide. Current US naval weapon systems lack full interoperability across multiple platforms and full integration of detection, control, and engagement processes against incoming targets. The key to defeating future threats to our military assets is in gaining additional reaction time. This can be accomplished by leveraging collective sensor detection data throughout the battlespace, utilizing the FORCEnet data resources to evaluate ... |
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| The Influence of Politics, Technology, and Asia on the Future of US Missile Defense |
AUG 2007 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey T. Butler; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL COLL OF AEROSPACE DOCTRINE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
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| This paper discusses the United States need for a limited missile-defense system and the political, technical, and diplomatic forces which define the requirements. The end of the Cold War, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, and rise of terrorism challenge the utility of mutually assured destruction. This new context demands renewed consideration of strategic defense with emphasis on the true technical maturity and political costs. Like nuclear weapons, ballistic missile defenses ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
25 JUL 2007 |
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| Authors:
Steven A. Hildreth; Carl Ek; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | 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 ... |
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| System Requirements Analysis and Technological Support for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) - FY07 Progress Report |
01 JUL 2007 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
M. Auguston; D. Drusinsky; R. Hutchins; J. B. Knorr; J. B. Michael; T. Otani; P. E. Pace; M. Sting; M. Tummala; T. Cook; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Engineering of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) requires one to take a holistic approach that includes the physical modeling and analysis of the missile defense operating environment, development of metrics and techniques to analyze the communication requirements of the net-centric Ballistic Missile Defense warfare, and the use of architectural patterns and other software technologies to shape the emergent behavior of the BMDS taking into account of the system's interoperability, ... |
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| Softwaremodule voor het Simuleren van de Gevolgen van Raketonderschepping (The Dutch Program for the Simulation of Missile Intercept Effects) |
JUL 2007 |
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| Authors:
E. Abadjieva ;R. P. Sterkenburg; F. Bouquet; P. W. Doup; TNO DEFENCE SECURITY AND SAFETY RIJSWIJK (NETHERLANDS)
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| A national program in The Netherlands on Joint Air Defence (JAD) includes the development of a chain of models called HAPPIE (Hazard Area Prediction by Perturbations in Ensembles). It simulates ballistic missile intercepts and the consequence effects on the ground. The hazard area is calculated as a function of the ATP-45 compliant MW (Missile Intercept Report), CDR (Chemical Downwind Report) and BWR (Basic Wind Report) messages. The program will be ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
26 JUN 2007 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| As part of its effort to develop a global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) is modifying 18 Navy cruisers and destroyers for BMD operations, and has deployed a large BMD radar the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) on a modified floating oil platform. The eventual role for sea-based systems in the worldwide U.S. BMD architecture has not been determined. The overall issue for Congress for this ... |
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| Reducing the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Alert Rate and the Impact on Maintenance Utilization |
JUN 2007 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen M. Kravitsky; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| We have been at war for four and one-half years. The financial burden of executing Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom caused military services to undergo extensive cost-cutting efforts. The intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) community is not exempt. Recently, the Air Force Nuclear General Officer Steering Group (AFNGOSG) requested an additional study of lower missile readiness rates, presumably to identify any potential cost savings from reduced maintenance and security footprints. ... |
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| Track Score Processing of Multiple Dissimilar Sensors |
JUN 2007 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
Dimitrios Patsikas; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER FOR JOINT SERVICES ELECTRONIC WARFARE
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| In this thesis, a data fusion problem when a number of different types of sensors are deployed in the vicinity of a ballistic missile launch is studied. An objective of this thesis is to calculate a scoring function for each sensor track, and the track file with the best (optimum) track score can then be used for guiding an interceptor to the threat within the boost phase. Seven active groundbased ... |
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| Defense Infrastructure: Full Costs and Security Implications of Cheyenne Mountain Realignment Have Not Been Determined |
21 MAY 2007 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Mike Kennedy; Amy Higgins; Keith Rhodes; Enemencio Sanchez; Kimberly Seay; Brian Shiels; Karen Thornton; Cheryl Weissman; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) built the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center located near Colorado Springs, Colorado, in the early 1960s to withstand a multimegaton-yield-weapon strike and to provide protection against chemical and biological warfare. The mission of the Cheyenne Mountain Directorate is to monitor, process, and interpret air, missile, and space events that could threaten North America or have operational effects on U.S. forces or capabilities. The Air Force's modernization ... |
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| One More Mission for a Multi-mission Platform: An Argument for Support Relationships for Theater Missile Defense |
10 MAY 2007 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Greg Smith; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Establishing effective national missile defense is a top priority for the United States military. Improved missile defense assets, including the development of Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD), provide a strategic deterrent and a limited ability to defeat ballistic missile attacks. Operational commanders must leverage the assets developed for national missile defense to counter the more prevalent, likely and challenging threat of theater ballistic missiles. To do so requires the application ... |
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| Roles and Relevance: Army Air and Missile (AMD) in the Post 9/11 World |
04 MAY 2007 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Tristan S. Higgins; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph examines two critical issues: one, guerilla air war; and two, whether or not the existing US Army AMD structures can meet the challenge of such attacks and defeat them at the tactical level. The US Army has recently removed all tactical level AMD units. Army maneuver commanders do not posses organic surface to air systems that would enable them to engage current air threats from a guerilla air ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Missile Defense Agency's Flexibility Reduces Transparency of Program Cost |
30 APR 2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Francis; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Over the next 5 years the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) expects to invest $49 billion in the BMD system's development and fielding. MDA's strategy is to field new capabilities in 2-year blocks. In January 2006, MDA initiated its second block--Block 2006--to protect against attacks from North Korea and the Middle East. Congress requires GAO to assess MDA's progress annually. GAO's March 2007 report addressed MDA's progress during fiscal year 2006 ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
27 APR 2007 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| As part of its effort to develop a global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system the Department of Defense (DOD) is modifying 18 Navy cruisers and destroyers for BMD operations, and has deployed a large BMD radar the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) on a modified floating oil platform. The eventual role for sea-based systems in the worldwide U.S. BMD architecture has not been determined. The overall issue for Congress for this ... |
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| Ballistic Missile Defense in the European Theater: Political, Military and Technical Considerations |
15 APR 2007 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen D. Terstegge; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI
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| The potential use of long-range ballistic missiles by Iran as a means to deliver weapons of mass destruction is a growing threat for which the United States and its European allies have no defense. An Iranian ballistic missile capability that is able to range continental Europe would not only hold US and European interests at risk, it could also lead to an even longer range capability that threatens the homeland ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Missile Defense Needs a Better Balance between Flexibility and Accountability |
11 APR 2007 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Francis; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Over the next 5 years the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) expects to invest $49 billion in the BMD system's development and fielding. MDA's strategy is to field new capabilities in 2-year blocks. In January 2006, MDA initiated its second block Block 2006 to protect against attacks from North Korea and the Middle East. Congress requires GAO to assess MDA's progress annually. GAO's March 2007 report addressed MDA's progress during fiscal ... |
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| Missile Defense: Actions Needed to Improve Information for Supporting Future Key Decisions for Boost and Ascent Phase Elements |
APR 2007 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Janet A. St. Laurent; Paul L. Francis; Barbara H. Haynes; Gwendolyn R. Jaffe; Brenda M. Waterfield; Todd Dice; Jeffrey R. Hubbard; Nabajyoti Barkakati; Hai V. Tran; Ron La Due Lake; Susan C. Ditto; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) has spent about $107 billion since the mid-1980s to develop a capability to destroy incoming ballistic missiles. DoD has set key decision points for deciding whether to further invest in capabilities to destroy missiles during the initial phases after launch. In March 2006, DoD issued a report on these capabilities in response to two mandates. To satisfy a direction from the House Appropriations Committee, GAO ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions: Missile Defense Acquisition Strategy Generates Results but Delivers Less at a Higher Cost |
MAR 2007 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| During fiscal year 2006, MDA fielded additional assets for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), enhanced the capability of some assets, and realized several noteworthy testing achievements. For example, the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) element successfully conducted its first end-to-end test of one engagement scenario, the element s first successful intercept test since 2002. However, MDA will not meet its original Block 2006 cost, fielding, or performance goals because the ... |
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| Developing Effective Adaptive Missile Crews and Command and Control Teams for Air and Missile Defense Systems |
MAR 2007 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
John K. Hawley; Anna L. Mares; ARMY RESEARCH LAB FORT BLISS TX
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| This report is an attempt to meet the requirement for more applied AMD training guidance. It extends concepts originally introduced in Hawley, Mares, and Giammanco (2006), but is more hands-on and practical. The report is intended as a primer on advances in training technology and methodologies for AMD unit commanders and training managers (usually battalion or brigade S-3s). In keeping with this objective, the report is not intended to be ... |
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| A System of Systems Interface Hazard Analysis Technique |
MAR 2007 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Patrick Redmond; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The next generation of military capabilities will hinge on systems of systems technologies, entailing the integration of numerous large scale systems into a complex system of systems whose capability exceeds the capabilities of the individual systems. The increase in capability is due to the emergent properties of the system of systems. However, these emergent properties also introduce hazards that must be adequately dealt with before the system of systems can ... |
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| NATO's Prague Capabilities Commitment |
24 JAN 2007 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| With the end of the Cold War, NATO began to reassess its collective defense strategy and to anticipate possible new missions. The conflicts in the Balkans highlighted the need for more mobile forces, for technological equality between the United States and its allies, and for interoperability. In 1999, NATO launched the Defense Capabilities Initiative (DCI), an effort to enable the alliance to deploy troops quickly to crisis regions, to supply ... |
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| Kinetic Energy Kill for Ballistic Missile Defense: A Status Overview |
05 JAN 2007 |
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| Authors:
Steven A. Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| For some time, U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs have focused primarily on developing kinetic energy interceptors to destroy attacking ballistic missiles. These efforts have evolved over 30 years and have produced a significant amount of test data from which much can be learned. This report provides a broad overview of the U.S. investment in this approach to BMD. The data on the U.S. flight test effort to develop a ... |
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Antimissile Defense Systems
