DoD's Ballistic Missile Defense Report(Part One)

Missile Threat ^ | 1/3/2010 | Department of Defense

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

The Pentagon released its 2010 Ballistic Missile Defense Review Report on Monday. After initiating a shift in missile defense policy by abandoning the ground-based interceptor plan in eastern Europe last year, the Obama administration left unclear the future of its missile defense policy. The transition to a "phased-adaptive" approach in Europe was articulated, to be sure, but there was still much fleshing out to be done. We now have the first comprehensive statement about the future of missile defense policy under the Obama administration. Part 1 of missilethreat's synopsis will treat the change in policy from the Bush administration, the Defense Department's view of the ballistic missile threat to the United States and its allies (both regional and intercontinental), and the underlying grand strategic assumptions of the document. Part 2 will discuss the BMD technological architecture in place and under development in the near- and mid-term to address homeland and regional threats. Part 3 will discuss the new bureaucratic or organizational structure for deployment and development and America's strategic BMD partners.

The theme running throughout the report—and one that perhaps marks most clearly this administration's departure from the approach of the Bush administration—is a distinction between uncertain long-range threats and certain regional threats. While Gates' defense department recognizes the long-range threat of ICBMs from Iran or North Korea, from a budgetary perspective its dominating concern is regional threats in a global environment characterized by the rapidly increasing proliferation of short-, medium-, and intermediate-range missiles.

[Waverunner]

The first nuke to hit America will be delivered in a cargo container.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

I agree with you.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

That is why the Department of Homeland of Security needs to invest in radiation detecting at the nation ports and other entry points into the United States.

[Captain Beyond]

thanks for the link. Good article anbd webpage.

[ErnstStavroBlofeld]

No Problem

[SuperLuminal]

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