1. Missile Defense: Challenges and Opportunities for the Trump Administration
- Author:
- Henry F. Cooper, Malcolm R. O'Neill, Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr., and Rowland H. Worrell
- Publication Date:
- 11-2016
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA)
- Abstract:
- This IFPA/Independent Working Group on Missile Defense white paper proposes the return to key elements of the Strategic Defensive Initiative (SDI) era, particularly to deploy space-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, as part of an effective strategy to combat growing threats by rogue states or terrorists that have or may soon have the ability to conduct a high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack.
- Topic:
- National Security, Science and Technology, Counter-terrorism, Weapons, Trump, and Missile Defense
- Political Geography:
- Iran, Asia, North Korea, North America, and United States of America