Title :
Risk assessment of TMD/NMD - Inevitability of space militarization
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tamkang Univ., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan
Abstract :
Theater/Nation Missile Defense (TMD/NMD) is the most important defense architecture under development. This study assesses the risks associated with TMD/NMD, reveals the weaknesses in the ground-based missile defense architecture, and considers the danger and the inevitability of space militarization. Some improved architectures are proposed that can more effectively defend against missiles, offer real time non-nuclear counterattack and defense, and greatly reduce total war losses.
Keywords :
military systems; missiles; risk management; ballistic missile attacks; defense architecture development; ground-based missile defense architecture; nation missile defense; real time nonnuclear counterattack; risk assessment; space militarization; theater missile defense; Alarm systems; Chemical technology; Missiles; Niobium compounds; Nuclear weapons; Optical arrays; Phased arrays; Protection; Radar tracking; Risk management;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7231-X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2002.1035613
