In summer 2000, the Clinton administration is scheduled to decide whether to authorize deployment by the United States of a limited national missile defense (NMD) system. This date arose from a “3+3” policy announced in the midst of the 1996 election campaign: under it, the administration would conduct research and development on missile defenses until 2000, then decide whether to proceed to a ...

Two recent developments in South Asia have increased the risk of an accelerated arms race between India and Pakistan. One development is PakistanÕs introduction of theNasrmissile, a very-short-range, ÒtacticalÓ nuclear weapon that threatens IndiaÕs conventional forces and could also tempt other countries to develop battlefieldusable nuclear weapons. The other development is IndiaÕs announcement...

This report is the unclassified version of a classified report that we issued in July 1996 on the Operation Desert Storm air campaign. 1 At your request, the Department of Defense (DOD) reevaluated the security classification of the original report, and as a result, about 85 percent of the material originally determined to be classified has subsequently been determined to be unclassified and is...

This paper addresses the issue of predicting where a boosting threat missile will be several minutes in the future. The prediction issue is important for missile defense because it can be a key factor in determining how heavy an exoatmospheric interceptor has to be. Simplified examples are presented comparing the effectiveness of two prediction methods in terms of accuracy and robustness. Final...

This essay offers a broad view of active defense derived from the concept of active air and missile defense. This view admits a range of cyber defenses, many of which are widely deployed and considered essential in today’s threat environment. Instead of equating active defense to hacking back, this wider interpretation lends itself to distinguishing different types of active defense and the leg...

Abolishing the threat of nuclear war requires the outlawing of nuclear weapons and dismantling current nuclear weapon stockpiles, but also depends on eliminating access to fissile material (nuclear weapon fuel). The near-universal use of weapons-grade, highly enriched uranium (HEU) to produce radiopharmaceuticals is a significant proliferation hazard. Health professionals have a strategic oppor...

Concrete is basic construction material used for most structures. However, the vital structures have to be designed as selfprotective such as nuclear plants, power plants, weapon industries, weapons storage places, water retaining structures, highway structures, and etc. These structures should have to be offer self shield against any natural disaster tragedy incidents and intentionally produce...

The PRC’s surface-to-surface missile forces would be a major factor in an invasion scenario, such as the one we assess in the main body of this report. China’s missiles would also be at the heart of many other coercive strategies aimed at Taiwan, ranging from the kinds of exercises held in 1995 and 1996 to actual employment against military, political, and economic targets in an attempt to use ...

Introduction: Anti Tank Ground Missiles (ATGMs) are one of the most efficient weapon systems to counter armored and mechanized units. Procurement these weapons is imperative for armed forces any country. Adequate evaluation choice an ATGM system a very important factor which affects operational capabilities forces. The purpose this paper present that multi criteria methods can be useful tool op...