This report discusses how successive U.S. governments have urged the creation of an anti-missile system to protect against long-range ballistic missile threats from adversary states. The proposed U.S. system has encountered resistance in some European countries and beyond.

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In addition, the Obama Administration left open the door to the possibility of basing missile defense facilities on Czech and Polish soil in the future-possibly by date 2015. [...] Proponents of the system would argue that the two-stage version is fundamentally the same as the three-stage system, however.23 In Europe, the GBI reportedly would not need the third stage to achieve the range needed to intercept its intended target.24 This issue raised the question for some observers as to whether other U. S. systems designed for shorter or medium-range ballistic missile threats, [...] Congressional Research Service 8 Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe In May 2009, the U. S.-based EastWest Institute released a report critical of the ability of the European 3rd site to defeat Iranian ballistic missile threats.26 The report concluded that the threat from Iran was not imminent and that the proposed European 3rd site would not be effective against an Iranian ballistic mi [...] The Location In 2002 the Bush Administration began informal talks with the governments of Poland and the Czech Republic over the possibility of establishing missile defense facilities on their territory. [...] Although there was said to be agreement "in principle" on the missile defense issue, an accord was not signed when Prime Minister Tusk visited the United States in the following month.32 The major sticking point in the negotiations was the question of U. S. assistance for Poland's military "modernization," mainly in the form of PAC-3 air defense.

Examines the cost and potential defensive capability of the proposed European ground-based midcourse defense system. Also explores alternatives.

The potential use of long-range ballistic missiles by Iran as a means to deliver weapons of mass destruction is a growing threat for which the United States and its European allies have no defense. An Iranian ballistic missile capability that is able to range continental Europe would not only hold US and European interests at risk, it could also lead to an even longer range capability that threatens the homeland of the United States. Therefore, the United States faces the complex security challenge of emplacing ballistic missile defense assets on European soil in the very near-term to mitigate this threat. Consequently, the United States must work through a quagmire of issues that overlap the political, military, and technical domains in international security cooperation in order to effectively weave ballistic missile defense into the European security fabric. This paper explores the urgent and complex issues of European ballistic missile defense integration for which there is currently no solution. This work advances the idea that both the United States and Europe must use NATO as the primary integrator of ballistic missile defense assets as the means of fusing these three domains. This paper further proposes that a capabilities-based planning approach must be employed in order to ensure that the maximum benefit from each stakeholder is gained while securing transatlantic arrangements that are mutually-beneficial for the long-term. Such an approach will provide the Allies with the tools to effectively deter, and if necessary, defeat an emerging Iranian ballistic missile threat.

In early 2007, after several years of internal discussions and consultations with Poland and the Czech Republic, the Bush Administration formally proposed to defend against an Iranian missile threat by deploying a ground-based mid-course defense (GMD) element in Europe as part of the global U.S. BMDS (Ballistic Missile Defense System). The system would have included 10 interceptors in Poland, a radar in the Czech Republic, and another radar that would have been deployed in a country closer to Iran, to be completed by 2013 at a reported cost of at least $4 billion. The proposed European BMD capability raised a number of foreign policy challenges in Europe and with Russia. The United States negotiated and signed agreements with Poland and the Czech Republic, but for a number of reasons those agreements were not ratified by the end of the Bush Administration. This book examines the long-range ballistic missile defense in Europe. It also discusses the implementation challenges for future capabilities in Europe; and actions needed to address these implementation issues.

One of the greatest threats facing the world today is the increasing proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction. Non-proliferation activities, to include diplomacy and arms control agreements with Russia, have been successful in reducing this threat. Despite reductions in the number of weapons deployed by the United States and the former Soviet Union, ballistic missile proliferation continues on a wide scale today and could increase as technology is transferred. This new book proposes the creation of anti-missile systems to serve as protection against long-range ballistic missile threats facing the United States and European nations.