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Newport Paper Number Fourteen
August 1998

 

Theater Ballistic Missile Defense from the Sea

Issues for the Maritime Component Commander

 

Charles C. Swicker
Commander, United States Navy


Foreword
 
Acknowledgments
 
Introduction
 
I. Assumptions for Discussion
 
An Unprecedented Challenge
 
II. Naval Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Overview
 
Threat, Vulnerability, and Defense
Present Capability
Naval TBMD Active Defense Capabilities to 2008
 
III. Issues for the Maritime Component Commander
 
Logistics
Command, Control, and Intelligence
Warfighting
Rules of Engagement
 
IV. Joint Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Operational Considerations
 
Joint TBMD Active Defense Capabilities to 2008
Joint TBMD Command and Control
Joint TBMD in Coalition Warfare
 
V. Toward 2008
 
TBMD and the Maritime Component Commander
 
Notes
 
Bibliography
 
Glossary of Abbreviations
 
About the Author
SOURCE: Naval War College