Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Navy Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

Creator

  • Author: O'Rourke, Ronald
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Specialist in Naval Affairs

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-04-05

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report provides background information and issues for Congress on the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, which is carried out by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Navy, and gives Navy Aegis cruisers and destroyers a capability for conducting BMD operations Issues for Congress concerning the Aegis BMD program include demands for BMD capable Aegis ships, demands for Aegis ships in general, the U.S. economic impact of shifting four Aegis ships to Rota, Spain, U.S. vs. European naval contributions to European BMD, the capability of the SM-3 Block IIB Aegis BMD interceptor, and technical risk in the Aegis program.
  • Physical Description: 50 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Weapons systems
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Cruisers
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Warships
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Destroyers
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense economics
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Defense budgets
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Navy -- U.S.

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  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RL33745
  • Accession or Local Control No: RL33745_2012Apr05
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc96758
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