WILKENING Dean

Ballistic-missile defence and strategic stability - Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2000 - 96p. - Adelphi Paper No. 334 .

Study of the implications of the deployment of anti-missile defence capabilities. Suggests that USA and Russia could deploy interceptors without affecting eithers retaliatory capacity, however this would eliminate China's retaliatory capacity. The proliferation of theatre range ballistic missiles is a pressing problem. Discusses the potential of systems designed to operate against missiles during their boost-phase.

0199290040 (pbk.): 14.99 UK


BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE