Missile Defense Links

LookSmart Guides and References

Overview Union of Concerned Scientists,Topics in Missile Defense-National Missile Defense
Nisha Baliga, Natka Bianchini and Robert W. Tiller, Issue Brief

Statements Critical of Missile Defense
Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., " Opposing the 'National Missile Defense Act ,'" March 16, 1999
Sen. Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Statement on Ballistic Missile Defense Technology , May 4, 1999
Joseph Cirincione, Missile-defense exponents are just ignoring reality (Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1999)
Joseph Cirincione, Missile Defense Failures Offer Lessons ,March 30, 1999
Council for a Liveable Future, Re: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty's Legal Status , February 3, 1999
Jonathan Dean, Going Up the Hill and Down Again: A Crisis for Nuclear Disarmament Richard L. Garwin, Toward International Security: The Role of Space Weapons, Antisatellite Weapon Tests, and National Missile Defense , October 25, 1999
Lisbeth Gronlund and David Wright, " The 'Star Wars' Legacy: Big Budgets, Little Progress ," Issue Brief 2, no. 9 (March 25, 1998).
William D. Hartung, " Star Wars Revisited: Still Dangerous, Costly, and Unworkable ," Foreign Policy In Focus Brief 4, no. 24 (September 1999)
Brendan Kitts (Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University), The Strategic Defence Initiative:

A Case Study in Systems Failure
Carah Ong, BMD: The Phantom Menace

Collection of Arguments against

National Missile Defense, the ABM Treaty and the Future of START II , (Arms Control Association Press Conference) January 27, 1999
The Last 15 Minutes (collection of articles)
Union of Concerned Scientists (collection of arguments)
Council for a Liveable Future (briefing book)
Center for Defense Information (BMD Resources)

Statements Supporting Missile Defense
Statement by Henry Kissinger , May 26, 1999 David Rivkin and Lee Casey, Statement on the legal status of the ABM Treaty , May 25, 1999
Baker Spring and James H. Anderson, Making the Case for Missile Defense (Heritage Foundation, October 5, 1998)
Don Nickles, Why America Still Needs Ballistic Missile Defense (Heritage Foundation, May 6, 1998

Missile Defense Agency
MDA Fact Sheets Library (slow loading!)
MDA Advertisement of Technology Transfer
1997 BMDO Report To Congress (PDF, 2.4Mb)
1995 BMDO Report To Congress (PDF, 1.8Mb)
1994 BMDO Report To Congress (PDF, 1.3Mb)
1993 BMDO Report To Congress (PDF, 900K)

U.S. Navy
1996 Navy Area Theater Missile Defense Report To Congress
1996 Navy Theater Wide Report To Congress (PDF, 72K)