Proliferation, missile defense and the conduct of modern war

Article Abstract:

The worldwide proliferation of ballistic missiles equipped with weapons of mass destruction pose grave danger to the US in its various engagements abroad. The potential contribution of defenses against ballistic missiles is being reexamined by the US in order to gauge how they would help the country to meet future military risks as well as its security commitments.

Management dynamics, Analysis, Management, Defense industry, Company business management, National security, Defence industry

---

Power, techno-economics, and transatlantic relations in 1987-1999: The case of Airbus Industrie and Galileo

Article Abstract:

The two projects (Airbus Industrie and Galileo) indicate that the quest for strategic independence coupled with the fear of reduced influence in international affairs and declining international economic competitiveness are powerful efforts to challenge the U.S. commercial and technological supremacy in the aerospace sector in 1987-1999.

Europe, Economic aspects, Aerospace industry, Technological innovations

---

Enabling defense transformation: network centric warfare and ballistic missile defense

Article Abstract:

Defense transformation of the U.S requires it to become capable of ballistic missile defense (BMD) which incorporates network centric warfare (NCW) principles. NCW's success in BMD should enable the Department of Defense (DoD) to develop integrated multi-system capabilities using NCW rather than individual weapons.

Technology application, Military aspects, Nuclear warfare

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: The Philippine democratic uprising and the contradictions of neoliberalism: EDSA II. Networks as transnational agents of development
• Abstracts: America in Arab eyes. On the consequences of failure in Iraq. The United States and East Asia after Iraq
• Abstracts: China debates missile defence. Amending the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Deploying National Missile Defence: not whether, but how
• Abstracts: Participatory development and empowerment: the dangers of localism. After post-development
• Abstracts: Corporate social responsibility: Reinventing the meaning of development? Citizenship, accountability and community: The limits of the CSR agenda

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.