STRATEGIC OUTRAGE: DOES THE US. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM IN ROMANIA THREATEN RUSSIA?

This chapter shows how Richard Nixon and his national security advisor, Henry Kissinger, were forced to change their strategy for nuclear arms control based on the collapse of the US congressional consensus behind nuclear superiority. Nixon entered office with strong convictions on the importance of nuclear superiority for supporting the United States’ national security commitments. Nixon also saw US technological advantages in ballistic missile defenses as one of the main bargaining chips to cap the growth of Soviet offensive forces at the upcoming Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. This strategy for détente was thrown into disarray, however, when Congress signaled its lack of support for a new ballistic missile defense system and the strategy of nuclear superiority. Nixon and Kissinger then changed tack, attempting to conclude a quick arms limitation agreement through backchannel negotiations with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. This initiative failed, weakening the American hand at the formal talks.

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German Policy in Weapons of Mass Destruction and European Missile Defense System Issues

World Economy and International Relations ◽

10.20542/0131-2227-2013-2-36-41 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 36-41

Author(s):

F. Basov

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Weapon ◽

North Korea ◽

Weapons Of Mass Destruction ◽

Defense System ◽

Missile Defense ◽

Mass Destruction ◽

Defence System ◽

The Us

This paper offers the analysis of German Policy towards the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and creating of the European Missile Defence System. Special attention is given to a dislocation of the US Tactical Nuclear Weapon (TNW) in Germany, its policy towards nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea, the evolution of German stand on the European Missile Defence project.

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THE BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM IN THE US-RUSSIA RELATIONS DURING OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY

10.30970/vir.2018.44.0.7779 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Nataliia Pitei ◽

Keyword(s):

Ballistic Missile ◽

Defense System ◽

Missile Defense ◽

The Us ◽

Ballistic Missile Defense

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The US Anti-Missile Potential in Asia-Pacific

Journal of International Analytics ◽

10.46272/2587-8476-2019-0-1-2-90-103 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 90-103

Author(s):

Evgeny Zvedre

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Ballistic Missile ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Defense System ◽

Missile Defense ◽

Local Conditions ◽

The Us ◽

Ballistic Missile Defense

The USA considers missile potentials of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as the main sources of threats to their national security. In the early 2000s following the withdrawal from the Soviet-American ABM Treaty the US began to deploy a global ballistic missile defense system to protect their “homeland, US forces abroad and its allies” from potential and real threats. The set of basic elements of a multi-layer ballistic missile defense is generally the same, its architecture is always adapted to the local conditions of the regions of deployment and specific tasks. Their common designation is the ability to work as subsystems within an integrated, global in scope antiballistic missile defense system controlled by the United States. In the Asia-Pacific region, the United States is actively engaging its regional allies Australia, South Korea and Japan in a joint effort to build-up ABM capabilities while simultaneously increasing its military-strategic presence in the region. Moscow strongly opposes the program considering it as potential threat to the effectiveness of the Russian strategic nuclear forces and undermining strategic stability and considers emergence the ballistic missile subsystems in Europe and the Asian-Pacific Region as a direct threat to its security. US ABM policy provokes the accelerated development by China and the DPRK of ballistic missile delivery systems, encourages Russia to create new weapon systems that are guaranteed to be able to overcome any existing and future missile defense.

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BUILD-UP OF ANTI-MISSILE COMBAT CAPABILITIES OF THE US DEFENSE

Innovatics and Expert Examination ◽

10.35264/1996-2274-2019-3-183-195 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 183-195

Author(s):

D.B. Izyumov ◽

E.L. Kondratyuk

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

System Evaluation ◽

Defense System ◽

Missile Defense ◽

Member States ◽

The Us

The article presents the results of the analysis of the main elements and directions of development of the US missile defense system, evaluation of planned investments in its improvement and expansion. The main scientific and technological solutions for the global missile defense of the United States and NATO member states are considered.

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Modern Missile Defense System As An Indispensable National and NATO's Deterrence Tool

Safety & Defense ◽

10.37105/sd.157 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Maciej Marszałek

Keyword(s):

Research Methods ◽

National Level ◽

Theoretical Research ◽

Defense System ◽

Missile Defense ◽

The Us ◽

The Military ◽

Research Show

The main aim of this article is to prove the significance of the missile defense system for military deterrence at the allied (NATO) and national level (the US, Poland, etc.). To achieve the aim, theoretical research methods such as analysis, synthesis, comparison and generalization were applied. The results of the conducted research show that the missile defense system of Poland and other alliance members, and the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense System should be considered as the crucial elements of the military deterrence, even though such systems are not offensive in nature. Thus, the formulated thesis undermines the up-to-date understanding of the problem, and therefore may contribute to further discussion on the topic of using means of defensive deterrence.

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