Ballistic Missile Defence – Technology, Effectiveness and Organization – Key Issues
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.14.2017.50.11Keywords:
International Relations, International Security, Strategic Studies, Ballistic Missile Defence, Ballistic MissilesAbstract
The article serves as an introduction to the set of papers that are devoted to the issue of ballistic missile defence as seen from the Polish perspective. It therefore refers in the most general terms to the key problems of the technology and the organization of missile defence. First of all, ballistic missiles and their strategic roles are considered as it is necessary to understand the threat before the defence against it is analyzed. Secondly, the nature of the ballistic missile defence is described, together with extensive reflections on its effectiveness. Further on the paper depicts in short missile defence systems of the world with the special attention to the United States.
Downloads
PlumX Metrics of this article
References
“Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System-Romania Operationally Certified”, America’s Navy, Story Number: NNS160512-11, 12 May 2016, at <http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=94662>.
Google Scholar
“Army Navy / Transportable Radar Surveillance (AN/TPY-2)”, Missile Defense Agency, 28 July 2016, at <https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/an_tpy2.pdf>.
Google Scholar
“Ballistic Missile”, in DoD Dictionary, 2017, at <http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/data/b/2726.html>.
Google Scholar
“Ballistic Missile”, in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2017, at <https://www.britannica.com/technology/ballistic-missile>.
Google Scholar
Barnard A., Schmitt E., “Hezbollah Moving Long-Range Missiles from Syria to Lebanon, an Analyst Says”, New York Times, 2 January 2014, at <https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/03/world/middleeast/hezbollah-is-said-to-transfer-missiles.html?_r=0>.
Google Scholar
Baucom D.R., Origins of SDI 1944-1983, Lawrence, Kan. 1992.
Google Scholar
Ben David A., “Iron Dome Blunts 90% of Enemy Rockets”, Aviation Week & Space Technology, 1 September 2014, at <http://aviationweek.com/defense/iron-dome-blunts-90-enemy-rockets>.
Google Scholar
Berger Z., “Arrow (Israel)”, Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance, September 2016, at <http://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-defense-systems-2/allied-air-and-missile-defense-systems/allied-intercept-systems-coming-soon/arrow-israel/>.
Google Scholar
Binnie J., “Iran Successfully Tests Radar-Guided Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile”, IHS Jane’s 360, 10 March 2017, at <http://www.janes.com/article/68625/iran-successfully-tests-radar-guided-anti-ship-ballistic-missile>.
Google Scholar
Chayes A., Wiesner J.B. (eds.), ABM. An Evaluation of the Decision to Deploy Antiballistic Missile System, London 1970.
Google Scholar
“Command and Control, Battle Management, and Communications (C2BMC)”, Missile Defense Agency, 2017, at <https://www.mda.mil/system/c2bmc.html>.
Google Scholar
“Commander: IRGC Will Destroy 35 US Bases in Region if Attacked”, Fars News Agency, 4 July 2012, at <http://english2.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9103084990>.
Google Scholar
Czajkowski M., “Korea Północna vs. BMDS”, in W. Sokała, B. Zapała (eds.), Asymetria i hybrydowość – stare armie wobec nowych konfliktów, Warszawa 2011.
Google Scholar
Czajkowski M., “Obrona przeciwrakietowa Izraela”, in R. Kłosowicz, B. Szlachta, J.J. Węc (eds.), Dylematy strategiczne XXI wieku. Księga Jubileuszowa dedykowana Profesorowi Michałowi Chorośnickiemu z okazji czterdziestolecia pracy naukowej, Kraków 2013.
Google Scholar
Czajkowski M., Obrona przeciwrakietowa w stosunkach międzynarodowych, Kraków 2013.
Google Scholar
“DRDO Ballistic Missile Defence System, India”, Army Technology, 2012, at <http://www.army-technology.com/projects/drdo-bmd/>.
Google Scholar
Drew J., “North Korea’s ICBM Test Renews Calls for Space-Based Kill Layer”, Aviation Week, 5 July 2017, at <http://aviationweek.com/defense/north-korea-s-icbm-test-renews-calls-space-based-kill-layer>.
Google Scholar
Dura M., “Niemcy: Umowa na system MEADS w przyszłym roku?”, Defence24, 14 July 2016, at <http://www.defence24.pl/408446,niemcy-umowa-na-system-meads-w-przyszlym-roku>.
Google Scholar
Dura M., “Rosyjska ‘prawda’ o systemie S-400”, Defence24, 26 January 2017, at <http://www.defence24.pl/533952,rosyjska-prawda-o-systemie-s-400>.
Google Scholar
Elleman M., Alsayed W., “Ballistic Missile Defense Cooperation in the Arabian Gulf”, in C.M. Kelleher, P. Dombrowski (eds.), Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective, Stanford 2015.
Google Scholar
Farnsworth T., “China Conducts Missile Defense Test”, Arms Control Association, March 2013, at <http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2013_03/China-Conducts-Missile-Defense-Test>.
Google Scholar
“‘Fireball’ – We’re Taking It, We’re Taking It, We’re Taking It Down”, Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance, 15 December 2016, at <http://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/alert/fireball-were-taking-it-were-taking-it-were-taking-it-down/>.
Google Scholar
Garwin R.L., Bethe H., “Anti-Ballistic-Missile Systems”, Scientific American, vol. 218, no. 3 (1968).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0368-21
Google Scholar
Gera V., Heintz J., “Baltic Region Worried about Russian Missiles in Kaliningrad”, U.S. News, 8 October 2016, at <http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-10-08/poland-concerned-about-russian-missiles-sent-to-kaliningrad>.
Google Scholar
Grego L., “What You Should Know about the Upcoming GMD Missile Defense Test: Part 1”, (Blog) All Things Nuclear, Union of Concerned Scientists, 29 May 2017, at <http://allthingsnuclear.org/lgrego/2017-gmd-test-part-1#.WSzW-F13miM.twitter>.
Google Scholar
“Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)”, Missile Defense Agency, 2017, at <https://www.mda.mil/system/gmd.html>.
Google Scholar
Haddick R., “This Is Not a Test”, Foreign Policy, 17 August 2012, at <http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/08/17/this_is_not_a_test>.
Google Scholar
Harel A., “Israel’s New Missile Defense System Is a Clear Message to Iran, but It Isn’t Perfect”, Haaretz, 3 April 2017, at <http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.781028>.
Google Scholar
Harel A., Cohen G., Khoury J., “Israeli Air Force Strikes Targets in Syria; Assad Forces Threaten ‘Direct’ Retaliation”, Haaretz, 17 March 2017, at <http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.777902>.
Google Scholar
“Homeland Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepts ICBM Target”, Missile Defense Agency, 30 May 2017, at <https://www.mda.mil/news/17news0003.html>.
Google Scholar
“H.R.4909 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 – 114th Congress
Google Scholar
(2015-2016). Passed House amended (05/18/2016)”, US Congress, 2016, at <https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4909>.
Google Scholar
“Israel: Any War with Hezbollah Will Be Devastating”, Al Jazeera, 20 April 2016, at <http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/04/israel-war-hezbollah-devastating-160420183832190.html>.
Google Scholar
Izewicz P., Iran’s Ballistic Missile Programme. Its Status and the Way Forward, EU Non-Proliferation Papers, No. 57, SIPRI, Stockholm, April 2017.
Google Scholar
Judson J., “Missile Takedown: Historic ICBM Intercept Test Sends Strong Message to North Korea”, Defence News, 30 May 2017, at <http://www.defensenews.com/articles/direct-collision-for-us-homeland-missile-defense-interceptor-test-against-icbm-target>.
Google Scholar
“Kolejne testy Akash”, Altair. Agencja Lotnicza, 14 April 2016, at <http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=19175>.
Google Scholar
Larrinaga N. de, “France Receives Last SAMP/T Air Defence System”, IHS Jame’s 360, 17 March 2016, at <http://www.janes.com/article/58841/france-receives-last-samp-t-air-defence-system>.
Google Scholar
Levite A., Brom S., “From Dream to Reality”, in C.M. Kelleher, P. Dombrowski (eds.), Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective, Stanford 2015.
Google Scholar
Lewis G.N., “Could FTG-15 Delays Prevent the Deployment of 44 GBIs by the End of 2017?”, mostlymissiledefense, 2 February 2017, at <https://mostlymissiledefense.com/2017/02/02/could-ftg-15-delays-prevent-the-deployment-of-44-gbis-by-the-end-of-2017-february-2-2017/>.
Google Scholar
Lewis G.N., “Delays in Planned GMD Tests”, mostlymissiledefense, 7 June 2017, at <https://mostlymissiledefense.com/2017/06/07/delays-in-planned-gmd-tests-june-7-2017/>.
Google Scholar
Lewis G.N., “Technical Controversy: Can Missile Defense Work?”, in C.M. Kelleher, P. Dombrowski (eds.), Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective, Stanford 2015.
Google Scholar
Lewis J., “Kim Jong Un’s Quest for an ICBM”, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2017, at <https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/north-korea/2017-06-09/kim-jong-uns-quest-icbm?cid=int-lea&pgtype=hpg>.
Google Scholar
Lewis J., “Why Did Saudi Arabia Buy Chinese Missiles?”, Foreign Policy, 30 January 2014, at <http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/01/30/why-did-saudi-arabia-buy-chinese-missiles/>.
Google Scholar
Lindsay J.M., O’Hanlon M., Defending America. The Case for Limited National Missile Defense, Washington 2001.
Google Scholar
Lokshin J., “David’s Sling (Israel)”, Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance, August 2016, at <http://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-defense-systems-2/allied-air-and-missile-defense-systems/allied-intercept-systems-coming-soon/davids-sling-israel/>.
Google Scholar
Lokshin J., “Iron Dome (Israel)”, Missile Defence Advocacy Alliance, August 2016, at <http://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/missile-defense-systems-2/allied-air-and-missile-defense-systems/allied-intercept-systems-coming-soon/iron-dome-israel/>.
Google Scholar
“MDA Conducts SM-6 MRBM Intercept Test”, Missile Defense Agency, 14 December 2016, at <https://www.mda.mil/news/16news0012.html>.
Google Scholar
“Missile”, in Dictionary by Mirram-Webster, 2017, at <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/missile>.
Google Scholar
“The Missile War in Yemen”, Missile Threat – CSIS Missile Defense Project, 23 October 2016, at <https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile-war-yemen/>.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/b19671-4
Google Scholar
“New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms”, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance, 1 April 2017, at <https://www.state.gov/t/avc/newstart/269406.htm>.
Google Scholar
Noris G., “Classified Report on Hypersonics Says U.S. Lacking Urgency”, Aviation Week & Space Technology, 14 February 2017, at <http://aviationweek.com/defense/classified-report-hypersonics-says-us-lacking-urgency>.
Google Scholar
Opall-Rome N., “Israeli Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Nuclear-Capable Missiles in Syria”, Defense News, 6 January 2017, at <http://www.defensenews.com/articles/israeli-satellite-imagary-shows-russian-nuclear-capable-missiles-in-syria>.
Google Scholar
“Opportunity Exists to Strengthen Acquisitions by Reducing Concurrency”, GAO-12-486, US Government Accountability Office, April 2012, at <http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/590277.pdf>.
Google Scholar
O’Rourke R., Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program. Background and Issues for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Washington, 25 October 2016.
Google Scholar
Oswald R., “Trump’s Plans for European Missile Defense a Mystery”, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, 7 December 2016, at <http://thebulletin.org/trump%E2%80%99s-plans-european-missile-defense-mystery10258>.
Google Scholar
“Pacom Deploys Defensive Anti-Missile System to Korean Peninsula”, US Department of Defense, 7 March 2017, at <https://www.defense.gov/News/Article/Article/1104428/pacom-deploys-defensive-anti-missile-system-to-korean-peninsula/>.
Google Scholar
“Patriot PAC-3”, Military Today, 2017, at <http://www.military-today.com/missiles/patriot_pac3.htm>.
Google Scholar
Pekkanen S.M., “Japan’s Ballistic Missile Defense and ‘Proactive Pacifism’”, in C.M. Kelleher, P. Dombrowski (eds.), Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective, Stanford 2015.
Google Scholar
Perrett B., “Tokyo Seeks New Ways to Stop North Korean Ballistic Missiles”, Aviation Week & Space Technologies, 19 May 2017, at <http://aviationweek.com/aviation-week-space-technology/tokyo-seeks-new-ways-stop-north-korean-ballistic-missiles>.
Google Scholar
“Powtórna oferta USA dla Indii”, Altair. Agencja Lotnicza, 26 July 2012, at <http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=8233&q=Powt%C3%B3rna%20oferta%20USA%20dla%20Indii>.
Google Scholar
“Presidential Memorandum on Rebuilding the U.S. Armed Forces”, The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, 27 January 2017, at <https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/27/presidential-memorandum-rebuilding-us-armed-forces>.
Google Scholar
“Redzikowo w grze o nową bazę antyrakietową w USA?”, Altair. Agencja Lotnicza, 9 February 2017, at <http://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=21567>.
Google Scholar
“RIM-161”, Designation-Systems.Net, 2009, at <http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-161.html>.
Google Scholar
Ryan M., “Controversial Missile Defense Shield Operational in South Korea”, The Washington Post, 1 May 2017, at <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/05/01/controversial-missile-defense-shield-operational-in-south-korea/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_cp-thaad-950pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.6038b1b0abea>.
Google Scholar
“Sea-Based X-Band Radar”, Missile Defense Agency, 28 July 2016, at <https://www.mda.mil/global/documents/pdf/sbx.pdf>.
Google Scholar
Sessler A.M. et al., Countermeasures. A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass. 2000, at <https://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/4333/2000-UCS-CM.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y>.
Google Scholar
Shiriyev Z., “Azerbaijan’s Possible Reactions to Armenia’s Iskanders: Defense Versus Offense”, Eurasia Daily Monitor, vol. 13, no. 160 (5 October 2016), at <https://jamestown.org/program/azerbaijans-possible-reactions-armenias-iskanders-defense-versus-offense/#sthash.fsQvtrgA.dpuf>.
Google Scholar
“Some Progress Delivering Capabilities, but Challenges with Testing Transparency and Requirements Development Need to Be Addressed”, US Government Accountability Office, May 2017, at <https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/684961.pdf>.
Google Scholar
“Standard Missile-6 (SM-6)”, Missile Threat – CSIS Missile Defense Project, 14 April 2016, at <https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/sm-6/>.
Google Scholar
Syring J.D., Ballistic Missile Defense Overiew, Missile Defense Agency, 14 August 2013, at <https://pl.scribd.com/document/176023320/Ballistic-Missile-Defence-Overview>.
Google Scholar
Szulc T., “S-300 i Buk po kantońsku, czyli chińskie wariacje na temat rosyjskich systemów przeciwlotniczych”, Nowa Technika Wojskowa, no. 11 (2012).
Google Scholar
“Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)”, Missile Defense Agency, at <https://www.mda.mil/system/thaad.html>.
Google Scholar
“THAAD”, in Encyclopedia Astronautica, 2016, at <http://www.astronautix.com/t/thaad.html>.
Google Scholar
Thaliyakkatti S., Chinese Perceptions on India’s Long Range Missile Development: How Credible is India’s Deterrence against China?, ISAS Working Paper, no. 258, 24 April 2017, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, at <https://www.isas.nus.edu.sg/ISAS%20Reports/ISAS%20Working%20Papers%20No.%20258-Chinese%20Perceptions%20on%20India’s%20Long%20Range%20Missile%20Development.pdf>.
Google Scholar
Topychkanov P., India’s Prospects in the Area of Ballistic Missile Defense. A Regional Security Perspective, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Moscow Center Working Papers, 3, Moscow 2012.
Google Scholar
Twomey Ch.P., Chase M.S., “Chinese Attitudes Toward Missile Defense”, in C.M. Kelleher, P. Dombrowski (eds.), Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective, Stanford 2015.
Google Scholar
“U.S., Japan Successfully Conduct First SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test”, Missile Defense Agency, 3 February 2017, at <https://www.mda.mil/news/17news0002.html>.
Google Scholar
Wasserbly D., “Missile Defences a Top Priority for Trump”, IHS Jane’s 360, 23 January, 2017, at <http://www.janes.com/article/67141/missile-defences-a-top-priority-for-trump>.
Google Scholar
Wasserbly D., “Trump, Mattis Begin Shaping Pentagon Programmes”, IHS Jane’s 360, 1 February 2017, at <http://www.janes.com/article/67372/trump-mattis-begin-shaping-pentagon-programmes>.
Google Scholar
Williams I., Karako T., “North Korea’s New Missiles on Parade”, Center for Strategic & International Studies, 18 April 2017, at <https://www.csis.org/analysis/north-koreas-new-missiles-parade>.
Google Scholar
Winner A.C., “Ballistic Missile Defense in South Asia”, in C.M. Kelleher, P. Dombrowski (eds.), Regional Missile Defense from a Global Perspective, Stanford 2015.
Google Scholar
Wright D., “North Korea Appears to Launch Missile with 6,700 km Range”, (Blog) All Things Nuclear, Union of Concerned Scientists, 3 July 2017, at <http://allthingsnuclear.org/dwright/north-korea-appears-to-launch-missile-with-6700-km-range>.
Google Scholar
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
