TY - BOOK ID - 80833237 TI - Ballistic missile defense : select issues and policies PY - 2013 SN - 9781628089103 1628089105 9781628089097 PB - New York : Nova Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Ballistic missile defenses UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80833237 AB - The ballistic missile threat is increasing both quantitatively and qualitatively, and is likely to continue to do so over the next decade. Current global trends indicate that ballistic missile systems are becoming more flexible, mobile, survivable, reliable, and accurate, while also increasing in range. A number of states are also working to increase the protection of their ballistic missiles from pre-launch attack and to increase their effectiveness in penetrating missile defenses. Several states are also developing nuclear, chemical, and/or biological warheads for their missiles. Such capabi ER -