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The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East - Active Defense and Counter-Measures (Hardcover, Revised)
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The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East - Active Defense and Counter-Measures (Hardcover, Revised)
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The potential threat from primitive, inexpensive ballistic
missiles, especially when armed with means of mass destruction,
represents a major development in the arms race. The accelerated
escalation in the number, range, and load-carrying capabilities of
the missiles in the last decade has occurred because the
technologies required to manufacture a missile of the Scud type and
its derivatives are simple, cheap, and readily available. In
contrast, interception requires technologies found only at the
forefront of twenty-first century military science. This disparity,
favouring the aggressor, forms a tremendous temptation for Arab
states in the Middle East -- such as Egypt, Libya, Syria and Iran
-- to build up stocks of missiles.;This book addresses the complex
issue of defense against ballistic missiles by intercepting them at
various stages of their trajectory: during launching -- such as the
Boost Phase Interception (BPI) project being developed by RAFAEL;
in the middle of their trajectory, outside the atmosphere -- such
as the THAAD project of the US Army and the AEGIS project of the US
Navy; or in the final stage, when the missile is approaching the
target -- such as the Israeli Arrow project. This volume poses both
technical and conceptual questions regarding the issue of
missile-to-missile interception, in contrast to the doctrines of
second-strike retaliatory capability and pre-emptive strike. The
specific threats posed by ballistic missles to the State of Israel
are examined. The 16 research articles, written by leading experts
in Israel, the US, and Britain, represent the first serious inquiry
to address the specifics of the urgent ballistic missile
proliferation and threat in the Middle East.
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