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Author Karako, Thomas, author.

Title Distributed defense : new operational concepts for integrated air and missile defense / Thomas Karako, Wes Rumbaugh
Published Lanham, MD : Center for Strategic & International Studies, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series CSIS Reports
CSIS report.
Contents Distributed Defense -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1
Summary Despite the rising salience of missile threats, current air and missile defense forces are far too susceptible to suppression. Today's U.S. air and missile defense (AMD) force lacks the depth, capacity, and operational flexibility to simultaneously perform both missions. Discussions about improving AMD usually revolve around improvements to the capability and capacity of interceptors or sensors. Rather than simply doing more of the same, the joint integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) efforts might be well served by new or reinvigorated operational concepts, here discussed collectively as "Distributed Defense." By leveraging networked integration, Distributed Defense envisions a more flexible and more dispersible air and missile defense force capable of imposing costs and dilemmas on an adversary, complicating the suppression of U.S. air and missile defenses. Although capability and capacity improvements remain essential to the high-end threats, the Distributed Defense concept focuses on creating a new architecture for today's fielded or soon-to-be fielded IAMD force to boost flexibility and resilience
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 10, 2018)
Subject Air defenses.
Ballistic missile defenses.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Air defenses
Ballistic missile defenses
Form Electronic book
Author Rumbaugh, Wes, author
LC no. 2021763810
ISBN 9781442280441
1442280441