Since the Gulf war, defense missile systems against tactical ballistic missiles have been highlighted and the author also have published some studies. Recently some studies also have appeared, however, it seems that the threat of anti-surface-missiles (ASMs) to current ground sites and its countermeasures have not been sufficiently studied to date. A typical medium or long range surface-to-air ...

Abstract This contribution provides an overview of nuclear risks emerging from the militarization AI technologies and systems. These include enhancements cyber threats to command, control communication infrastructures, proposed uses systems affected by inherent vulnerabilities in early warning, AI-powered unmanned vessels trailing submarines armed with ballistic missiles. Taken together, add ne...

The Airborne Surveillance Testbed (AST) program, managed by SMDC for BMDO, is a technology demonstration program that supports development, test, and evaluation of defensive systems to counter intercontinental and theater ballistic missiles (ICBMs and TBMs) and their warheads. The heart of the AST program is a Boeing 767 aircraft equipped with a Raytheon-built, large-aperture, multiband, high d...

The attractiveness of both ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to various actors throughout the world represents a serious threat to U.S. security. These weapons and delivery systems are popular in part because they are highly visible symbols of military prowess. As such, they provide significant influence on regional balances of power, even among friends and allies. Furthe...

Asingle factor may not fully explain the rationale for India’s quest for a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. Security, prestige, and an aspiration for power projection are predominant factors in New Delhi’s acquisition of nuclear weapons, as well as in its pursuit of a BMD system. Particularly after the 2005 India–U.S. nuclear deal, which allowed the United States to provide nuclearrelate...

Problems associated with telemetry blackout caused by the plasma sheath surrounding a hypersonic vehicle are addressed. In particular, the critical nature of overcoming this limitation for test and evaluation purposes is detailed. Since the telemetry blackout causes great concern for atmospheric cruise vehicles, ballistic missiles, and reentry vehicles, there have been many proposed approaches ...

he treaty on intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) has sanctified the " zero option. " It has long been understood that it is easier to verify a complete ban on a weapon system than it is to verify a numerical limit. A complete prohibition is easier to verify because a single sighting of a banned weapon would constitute clear evidence of a violation. Moreover, a complete ban would eliminate t...

The article serves as an introduction to the set of papers that are devoted issue ballistic missile defence seen from Polish perspective. It therefore refers in most general terms key problems technology and organization defence. First all, missiles their strategic roles considered it is necessary understand threat before against analyzed. Secondly, nature described, together with extensive ref...