Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe

Hildreth, Steven A. ; Ek, Carl

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Defense policy;    Ballistic missile defenses;    Weapons systems;    Nuclear weapons;    Arms race;   

RP-ID  :  RL34051
RP-ID  :  RL34051_2009Sep23

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

In early 2007, after several years of internal discussions and consultations with Poland and the Czech Republic, the Bush Administration formally proposed to defend against an Iranian missile threat by deploying a ground-based mid-course defense (GMD) element in Europe as part of the global U.S. BMDS (Ballistic Missile Defense System). The system would have included 10 interceptors in Poland, a radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar that would have been deployed in a country closer to Iran, to be completed by 2013 at a reported cost of at least $4 billion. This report is designed to retain background information and analysis of the Bush-proposed European BMD initiative up to the Obama Administration's decision to cancel it.