Strategic Threats and National Missile Defenses: Defending the U.S. Homeland

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Proliferation poses a broad range of threats to the United States, as well as to our allies and coalition partners. Intercontinental missiles armed with weapons of mass destruction are one of these threats, and it has become obvious that "rogue" nations such as Iran and North Korea may be acquiring the capability to build such missiles as well as the ability to arm them with nuclear or lethal biological weapons. While such threats are now only potential ones, these shifts in technological and manufacturing capability mean that these "rogue nations" may be able to pose serious dangers to the American homeland, possibly as early as during the next five years. Cordesman argues that an effective defense against these threats will require linking an effective nation missile defense program to an ambitious counterproliferation strategy, a strengthened homeland defense program, and a realistic approach to arms control and national security options.

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Cordesman's work is timely, well written, and well researched. Most suited for professionals and advanced graduate students.-Choice
"Cordesman's work is timely, well written, and well researched. Most suited for professionals and advanced graduate students."-Choice

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ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN is Co-Director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and a special consultant on military affairs for ABC News. The author of numerous books on international security issues, he has served in senior positions for the secretary of defense, NATO, and the U.S. Senate.