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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, favoring 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.
… The Threat of Ballistic Missiles
in the Middle East 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, albeit the
security constraints involved in the discussion of many issues which
must remain shrouded in secrecy. 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.
Published in association with
The Ariel Center for Policy Research
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Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I Defense
1 Defense Against Ballistic Missiles
Uzi Landau
2 No Room for Error in a Minuscule Country: The Case for Enhanced
Anti-Theater Ballistic Missile Defence (TBM)
Yoash Tsiddon-Chatto
3 The Arrow System—Concept and Data
Editorial
4 The Missile Threat Against Israel: Boost Phase Intercept
Tactical Ballistic Missiles
Azriel Lorber
5 Missiles, Defense and Israel
Angelo M. Codevilla
6 The Chemical and Biological Threat to Israel
Dany Shoham
7 The Failure of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
in the Middle East
Gerald Steinberg
8 The Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) as an Alternative
Reuven Pedatzur
9 The Operative Response to the Tactical Ballistic Missile
(TBM) Threat
Haim Assa
10 Systems Perspective: The Dangers of Fragmented Thinking
Yehezkel Dror
11 The Israeli Aspect of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)—Strategy
by Default
Arieh Stav
Part II Interception
12 Boost Phase Intercept of Ballistic Missiles
Dan Rosen
13 Boost Phase Interception of Ballistic Missiles
Moshe Guelman
14 Israeli Boost Phase Intercept System (IBIS)—A Critique
Danny Leshem
15 The AEGIS Option: How to Provide Near-Term, Cost Effective
Missile Defense to both Israel and America
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
16 The Airborne Laser (ABL): The American View of BPI
Geoffrey E. Forden
17 Developing Boost Phase Intercept (BPI)–Ascent Phase Intercept
(API) Capability
David Vaughan
18 European Perspectives on Missile Defense
David Gates
Appendix Ballistic Missiles, Long-Range Artillery
Rockets and Space Launch Vehicles
Glossary
The Contributors
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978-1-84519-001-9 |
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312 pp. / 246 x 171 mm |
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