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Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe

08.15.07 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

The Missile Defense Agency has published a glossy brochure setting forth its vision of a missile defense system based in Europe. See “Proposed U.S. Missile Defense Assets in Europe” (pdf), Missile Defense Agency, June 15, 2007.

Various perspectives on the missile defense program were presented in a recently updated report of the Congressional Research Service, “Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe” (pdf), July 25, 2007.

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