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Britain and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1942-2002 (Hardcover)
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Britain and Ballistic Missile Defence, 1942-2002 (Hardcover)
Series: Strategy and History
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Britain was the first country to come under sustained ballistic
missile attack, during 1944-45. Defense against ballistic missiles
has been a persistent, if highly variable, subject of political
policy and technical investigation ever since.
The British Second World War experience of trying to counter the
V-2 attacks contained many elements of subsequent responses to
ballistic missile threats: an uncertain intelligence picture; the
establishment of an early-warning system; a counter-force campaign
to destroy rockets on the ground; passive defense measures to
ameliorate the effects of missile strikes; and elaborate but
untried active defenses to intercept missiles in flight.
After the war, a reasonably accurate picture of Soviet missile
capabilities was not achieved until the early 1960s, by which time
the problem of early warning had largely been solved. Early British
efforts to develop active defenses, however, foundered because of
the formidable technical challenges and limited resources, but some
defenses were established by the Americans and the Soviets.
From the mid-1960s on, British attention shifted away from the
development of the country's own defenses towards the wider
consequences of US and Soviet deployments. British concerns
centered around the implications of active defense for strategic
stability, the arms-control process and the credibility of the UK's
small nuclear deterrent. The British government had to respond
three times to American defense programs, though each time its
worries were ultimately assuaged. Soviet defenses around Moscow
were more problematic and resulted in a sophisticated and expensive
project - Chevaline - to overcome them. After the endof the Cold
War there was renewed interest in a limited active-defense
capability against Third World missile threats. A series of
technical and policy studies has yet to result in a procurement
decision, but looks increasingly likely in coming years. This
well-researched book is primarily aimed at students of post-war
British foreign and defense policies, but will also be of interest
to informed general readers.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Strategy and History |
Release date: |
May 2004 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Jeremy Stocker
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
304 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7146-5696-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
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LSN: |
0-7146-5696-8 |
Barcode: |
9780714656960 |
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