| Ballistic Missile Defense Review Report |
Feb 2010 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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 | The Ballistic Missile Defense Review has surveyed the spectrum of threat capabilities and possible intent; assessed the current state and potential growth of U.S. BMD technical capabilities; considered opportunities for cooperation with allies and partners in missile defense; and considered the underlying technical, organizational, and programmatic structure of U.S. missile defense. The result is a refocused policy and a comprehensive strategy to improve our missile defenses. The key policy priorities ... |
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| Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress |
22 Dec 2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | On December 7, 2009, it was reported that the Navy wants to cancel its planned CG(X) cruiser and instead procure an improved version of the Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis destroyer. Earlier press reporting had suggested that the Navy might be heading toward such a change in plans. The Navy reportedly was concerned about the projected high cost of the CG(X), and has concluded that it does not need a ... |
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| Resetting the Reset Button: Realism about Russia |
Dec-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen J Blank; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In Washington, there is a widely shared view that the United States needs Russian cooperation to stop Iranian and North Korean nuclear proliferation, particularly Iran's. This view rests on the premise that the United States should take Russia seriously, and taking Russia seriously means accepting Russian demands for no missile defense in Europe and no NATO enlargement or further European integration of the countries of the former Soviet Union. In ... |
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| Trade-off Study for the Hit-to-kill Interception of Ballistic Missiles in the Boost Phase |
Dec 2009 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Weng Wai Leong; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In recent conflicts, ballistic missiles have been used to achieve military and psychological objectives. With the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the threat of ballistic missiles as delivery platform for WMD is of concern. Defense against such threats becomes important. There are different guidance laws, like pursuit and proportional navigation (PN), for the missile interception of aerial targets. A new guidance algorithm was developed by John A. Lukacs ... |
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| Rules of Engagement Policies Automation for Ballistic Missile Defense System |
Dec 2009 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Joshua Sanders; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Military decision making in this current age of Warfare requires the most effective and expedient action in response to threats. In the domain of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), response actions must be near automatic in order to be effective. This work discusses policy automation systems and suggests a BMD System that takes into account the automation of Rules of Engagement (ROE) policies and presents an architecture for such a system. ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
18-Nov-2009 |
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| 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. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
13-Nov-2009 |
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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 an integrated global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) has modified or is modifying several Navy Aegis cruisers and many Navy Aegis destroyers for BMD operations. DOD has also deployed a large BMD radar - the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX)?on a modified floating oil platform. The proposed FY2010 defense budget requests a total of $1,859.5 million for the Aegis ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense - Background and Issues for Congress |
22-Oct-2009 |
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| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The eventual role of sea-based systems in the worldwide U.S. BMD architecture has not been determined. The overall issue for Congress discussed in this report is: What should be the role of sea-based systems in U.S. ballistic missile defense, and are DOD's programs for sea-based BMD capabilities appropriately structured and funded? The Aegis BMD system in its current configuration is intended to track ballistic missiles of all ranges, including intercontinental ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
09-Oct-2009 |
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| 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. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
23-Sep-2009 |
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| Authors:
Carl Ek; Steven A Hildreth; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| In early 2007, after several years of internal discussions and consultations with Poland and the Czech Republic, the Bush Administration formally proposed deploying a ground-based midcourse defense (GMD) element in Europe of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) to defend against an Iranian missile threat. The system would have included 10 interceptors in Poland, a radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar deployed in a country closer to ... |
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| Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress |
17-Jul-2009 |
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| 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 Ticonderoga (CG-47) class Aegis cruisers, which are projected to reach their retirement age of 35 years between 2021 and 2029. The Navy wants CG(X)s to be highly capable ships, particularly in the areas of anti-air warfare (AAW) and ballistic missile defense ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
09-Jul-2009 |
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| 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. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
22-Jun-2009 |
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| 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 represented 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 Administration ... |
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| The Impact on Strategic Stability of Ballistic Missile Defense in Eastern Europe |
12-Jun-2009 |
169 pages |
| Authors:
Derek F Schin; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| While the United States and Russia have many disagreements, very few of these affect nuclear weapon policy. One that has recently done so, however, is the argument over ballistic missile defense systems in Europe. The United States has signed bilateral missile defense agreements with both Poland and the Czech Republic, but neither country has yet ratified the agreements. The uncertainty of the future of these systems, Russia's opposition to them, ... |
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| Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defense-Background and Issues for Congress |
21-May-2009 |
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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 an integrated global ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, the Department of Defense (DOD) has modified or is modifying several Navy Aegis cruisers and many Navy Aegis destroyers for BMD operations. DOD has also deployed a large BMD radar -- the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) -- on a modified floating oil platform. The proposed FY2010 defense budget requests a total of $1,859.5 million for ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
05-May-2009 |
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| 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 Administration ... |
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| Navy CG(X) Cruiser Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress |
10-Apr-2009 |
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| 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 |
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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) 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| Air and Space Power Journal. Volume 23, Number 3, Fall 2009 |
Jan-2009 |
132 pages |
| Authors:
AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL AIRPOWER JOURNAL
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| The Air and Space Power Journal, Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published quarterly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. It is designed to serve as an open forum for the presentation and stimulation of innovative thinking on military doctrine, strategy, force structure, readiness, and other matters of national defense. |
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| Permanent Allies? The Canada-US Defence Relationship in the 21st Century |
Jan 2009 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Richter; CALGARY UNIV (ALBERTA) CENTRE FOR MILITARY AND STRATEGIC STUDIES
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| Canada and the United States have been close defense allies for 70 years. That cooperation has spanned participation in World War Two, the Korean War, the Cold War, the creation (and half-century maintenance) of a bilateral air defense command (NORAD), the first Gulf War, and most recently, the war on terrorism. However, there are indications that the relationship today is weakening. This paper will examine two critical issues -- the ... |
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| System of Systems (SoS) M&S VV&A Decomposition: Integrated System Level VV&A (ISLA) |
Jan 2009 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey S Strickland; MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC
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| PURPOSE: The purpose of this brief to propose an approach for performing system of system level V&V of the BMDS representations. ISSUES: Which interfaces are truly SoS level? How do we V&V interfaces? What in DSA corresponds to a Federation Object Model (FOM) in HLA? How do we achieve meta-model validation in the absence of a conceptual model? What constitutes a metadata model? |
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| MDA M&S Verification, Validation, and Accreditation Program |
30 Dec 2008 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Sarah Aust; Pat Munson; MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY WASHINGTON DC
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| VV&A SPECIAL SESSION PURPOSE * Leverage existing Government and Industry VV&A knowledge to improve MDA VV&A for T&E M&S * Topics for Today's Session: (1) The Referent; building the body of knowledge about the system under study to increase confidence in the validity of the M&S (2) Acceptability Criteria; formulating the comparison points and M&S accuracy requirements (3) Documentation; rolling up the right amount of historical and newly formulated information. ... |
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| Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe |
08-Dec-2008 |
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| 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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| A Framework for Integrated Tracking and Discrimination |
Dec-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew David; David Fiske; DECISIVE ANALYTICS CORP ARLINGTON VA
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| The Decisive Analytics Corporation (DAC) team describes a framework to fully integrate the tracking and discrimination processes in the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).The contributions developed under this work center on fully integrating the tracking and discrimination processes in the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The current architecture of the BMDS artificially separates the tracking and discrimination algorithms. Each model exists independently with no ability to influence the operation of ... |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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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) 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 |
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| 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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| Orchestrating BMD Control in Extended BPEL |
21-May-2008 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Man-Tak Shing; Duminda Wijesekera; Thomas S Cook; Bret Michael; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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| We specify duty cycles of a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) command and control application by decorating the Business Process Execution Language (BPEL) with Quality of Service (QoS), Measures of Performance (MoP), Measures of Effectiveness (MoE) and Measures of Merit (MoM) metrics. |
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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 |
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| 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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| Strategic Studies Quarterly. Volume 2, Number 4, Winter 2008 |
Jan-2008 |
153 pages |
| Authors:
AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL
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| This issue of Strategic Studies Quarterly begins with an editorial titled, Charting a Strategic Course in Interesting Times, by Lt Gen Allen G. Peck, USAF. Feature articles are as follows: Transformation in the French Air Force in an Era of Change, by General d'armee aerienne Stephane Abrial; In Service to the Nation...Air Force Research Institute Strategic Concept for 2018-2023, by Gen John A. Shaud, USAF, Retired; Understanding Airpower: Bonfire of ... |
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Antimissile Defense Systems
