Defending America The Case for Limited National Missile Defense

by Lindsay, James M.; O'Hanlon, Michael E.

• ISBN13: 9780815700081
• ISBN10: 0815700083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press

Summary

In "Defending America," James M. Lindsay and Michael E. OHanlon provide a balanced, nonpartisan analysis of missile defense.

Author Biography

James M. Lindsay is a senior fellow in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Defending America	1	(28)
Deja Vu All Over Again	3	(4)
Is the Third Time a Charm?	7	(10)
Why Not Prevention, Preemption, and Deterrence?	17	(3)
Sensible Defense Means Limited Defense	20	(2)
A Modest Proposal	22	(7)
Missile Defense: Concepts and Systems	29	(21)
Basic Elements of Ballistic Missiles	29	(3)
The Trajectory of a Ballistic Missile	32	(5)
Basic Types of Missile Defenses	37	(4)
Types of Theater Missile Defenses	41	(2)
Types of National Missile Defense	43	(3)
Decoys and Other Countermeasures	46	(4)
The Threat	50	(32)
A Growing Ballistic Missile Threat?	51	(1)
Russia	52	(4)
China	56	(2)
North Korea, Iran, and Iraq	58	(16)
Other Emerging Ballistic Missile Powers	74	(1)
Alternative Threats	75	(4)
The Consequences of a Missile Attack	79	(3)
Missile Defense Programs and Architectures	82	(34)
Midcourse Defense: The Clinton Administration Program	82	(17)
Larger Midcourse Defenses	99	(6)
Boost-Phase Defenses	105	(6)
Layered and Space-Based Systems	111	(4)
Conclusion	115	(1)
The International Politics of Missile Defense	116	(26)
Russia	117	(6)
China	123	(7)
America's Friends and Allies	130	(7)
South Asia	137	(2)
No More Disarmament?	139	(3)
Missile Defense and American Security	142	(85)
A Limited, Two-Tier National Missile Defense against ``Rogue'' Regimes	145	(11)
Selling a Limited, Two-Tier Defense Abroad	156	(6)
Selling a Limited, Two-Tier Defense at Home	162	(7)
APPENDIXES
A Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and Related Documents	169	(24)
B Excerpts from the DCI National Intelligence Estimate	193	(4)
C Excerpts from the 1998 Rumsfeld Commission Report	197	(21)
D Excerpts from the 1999 National Intelligence Estimate	218	(9)
Notes	227	(20)
Index	247