Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System
Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System
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2000-04
Authors
Fetter, Steve
Sessler, Andrew M.
Cornwall, John M.
Dietz, Bob
Frankel, Sherman
Garwin, Richard L.
Gottfried, Kurt
Gronlund, Lisbeth
Lewis, George N.
Postol, Theodore A.
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Andrew M. Sessler, John M. Cornwall, Bob Dietz, Steve Fetter, Sherman Frankel, Richard L. Garwin, Kurt Gottfried, Lisbeth Gronlund, George N. Lewis, Theodore A. Postol, David C. Wright, Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System (Cambridge, MA: Union of Concerned Scientists and MIT Security Studies Program, April 2000)
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Abstract
The National Missile Defense system under development by the United States would be ineffective
against even limited ballistic missile attacks from emerging missile states. Moreover, its deployment
would increase nuclear dangers from Russia and China, and impede cooperation by these
countries in international efforts to control the proliferation of long-range ballistic missiles and
weapons of mass destruction.
The United States should reconsider its options for countering the threats posed by long-range
ballistic missiles and shelve the current NMD plans as unworkable and counterproductive.