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Book SynopsisTo contribute to the worldwide debate on President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, here are two important studies, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies and Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures. and Arms Control. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make availabl
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. viii*Contents, pg. ix*Office of Technology Assessment, pg. x*Chapter 1. Executive Summary, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Introduction, pg. 37*Chapter 3. Ballistic Missile Defense Then and Now, pg. 43*Chapter 4. Deterrence, U.S. Nuclear Strategy, and BMD, pg. 65*Chapter 5. BMD Capabilities and the Strategic Balance, pg. 91*Chapter 6. Crisis Stability, Arms Race Stability, and Arms Control Issues, pg. 117*Chapter 7. Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies, pg. 137*Chapter 8. Feasibility, pg. 195*Chapter 9. Alternative Future Scenarios, pg. 219*Chapter 10. Alternative R&D Programs, pg. 237*Appendix A. Ballistic Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty, pg. 263*Appendix B. Texts of the 1972 ABM Treaty, Its Agreed Interpretations, and Its 1976 Protocol, pg. 272*Appendix C. Effects of BMD Deployment on Existing Arms Control Treaties, pg. 283*Appendix D. Defense Requirements for Assured Survival, pg. 285*Appendix E. Defense Capability Levels and U.S. Strategy Choices, pg. 290*Appendix F. BMD and the Military R&D Budget, pg. 292*Appendix G. Studies of the High Frontier Global Ballistic Missile Defense I, pg. 294*Appendix H. Excerpts From Statements on BMD by Reagan Administration Officials, pg. 297*Appendix I. List of Reagan Administration Statements on BMD, pg. 308*Appendix J. Articles by Critics of the Strategic Defense Initiative, pg. 310*Appendix K. Excerpts From Soviet Statements on BMD, pg. 312*Appendix L. References on Strategic Nuclear Policy, pg. 316*Appendix M. References on Soviet Strategic Policy, pg. 320*Appendix N. Glossary of Acronyms and Terms, pg. 321*Front matter 2, pg. i*Foreword, pg. iii*Glossary of Acronyms and Terms, pg. iv*Contents, pg. x*Chapter 1. Executive Summary, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Introduction, pg. 23*Chapter 3. MILSATs, ASATs, and National Security, pg. 31*Chapter 4. ASAT Capabilities and Countermeasures, pg. 47*Chapter 5. ASAT Arms Control: History, pg. 89*Chapter 6. ASAT Arms Control: Options, pg. 103*Chapter 7. Comparative Evaluation of ASAT Policy Options, pg. 123*Appendix A. Soviet Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of the Use of Force in Outer Space and From Space Against the Earth, pg. 143
