Book Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Wartime V-2 Experience; 3 The Emerging Soviet Threat; 4 Early Efforts at Active Defence; 5 Ballistic Missile Early Warning; 6 US ABM Deployment; 7 Soviet ABM Deployment; 8 Britain and the Strategic Defense Initiative; 9 After the Cold War; 10 Britain and US National Missile Defense; 11 Conclusions and Prospects; Appendix I; Appendix II; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Defence against ballistic missiles has been a subject of UK political policy and technical investigation since World War II - this book analyses that long history
