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Author

Wiegand, Ronald C.

Title "Heads, not tails" [electronic resource] : how best to engage theater ballistic missiles / by Ronald C. Wiegand.

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Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. : Center for Strategy and Technology, Air University, [2006]

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe Federal Documents Online	D 301.26/26:53	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (vi, 65 p.)
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Series	Occasional paper ; no. 53
	Occasional paper (Air University (U.S.). Center for Strategy and Technology)
Note	Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 22, 2008).
	"February 2006."
Summary	Defending against theater and intercontinental ballistic missiles, potentially carrying nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, requires 100% effectiveness anything less continues to afford our enemies weapons of mass effect. If the U.S. is to be successful in answering this threat, a re-evaluation of boost phase intercept (BPI) options is in order. This paper highlights the ballistic missile threat and joint defense systems; provides an assessment of those systems; re-evaluates BPI merits; and proposes a kinetic boost phase solution (with concept of operations) to bridge the potential fielding of space-base weapons. Early engagement provides better, faster, cheaper and less destabilizing missile defense capability. Heads, not tails sounds a call to the Missile Defense Agency, Strategic Command and all Services to commit to producing BPI capability (first kinetic, then directed energy), ahead of other systems and upgrades.
Access	APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
Subject	Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
	Antimissile Defense Systems.
	Guided missiles.
	Theater level operations.
	Ballistic missile intercept systems.
	Intercontinental ballistic missiles.
	Weapons.
	Guided missiles.
	Boost phase.
	Tail assemblies.
	Sound.
	Enemy.
	Directional.
	Chemical ordnance.
	Kinetics.
	Biological warfare.
	Interception.
	Threats.
	Defense systems.
	Department of defense.
	Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
	Ballistic missile defenses. (OCoLC)fst00826083
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Air University (U.S.). Center for Strategy and Technology.
Other Form:	Wiegand, Ronald C. "Heads, not tails" vi, 65 p. (DLC) 2006470270 (OCoLC)76872168
Standard No.	DTICE ADA463406
Gpo Item No.	0422-K-03 (online)
Sudoc No.	D 301.26/26:53