DocumentCode
381398
Title
Risk assessment of TMD/NMD - Inevitability of space militarization
Author
Cheng, Shun-Wen
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Tamkang Univ., Taipei Hsien, Taiwan
Volume
2
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2002. IEEE
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7231-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2002.1035613
Filename
1035613
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