A CBO Study: Alternatives for Boost-Phase Missile Defense

This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study - prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Senate Armed Services Committee - looks at technical, operational, and cost issues related to using a boost-phase intercept (BPI) system to defend the United States...

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Main Authors: Arthur, David, Roy, Robie S, Hall, Raymond
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ALTERNATIVES
Antimissile Defense Systems
BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT SYSTEMS
BATTLE MANAGEMENT
BOOST PHASE
BPI(BOOST PHASE INTERCEPT)
COST ESTIMATES
DETECTORS
Economics and Cost Analysis
GROUND BASED
Guided Missile Traj, Accuracy and Ballistics
GUIDED MISSILE TRAJECTORIES
Guided Missiles
INTERCEPTORS
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILES
IRAN
KILL VEHICLES
LAYERED DEFENSE
LIQUID FUELS
NORTH KOREA
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
RADAR
SEA BASED
SOLID FUELS
SPACE BASED
THREATS
VULNERABILITY
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Summary:This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study - prepared at the request of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities of the Senate Armed Services Committee - looks at technical, operational, and cost issues related to using a boost-phase intercept (BPI) system to defend the United States against intercontinental ballistic missiles. The study compares the strengths, weaknesses, and costs of five alternative designs for a BPI system - three surface-based and two space-based - that span a range of performance characteristics. In keeping with CBO's mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this study makes no recommendations.