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The Obama administration's phased-adaptive architecture: technological, operational and political issues

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In 2009, the Obama administration announced a new missile defense strategy, termed a phased-adaptive architecture (PAA) focused primarily on countering the growing threat from theater ballistic missiles. The success of this strategy is predicated on the rapid development and fielding of successive increments of defensive capability in a manner adapted to the specific requirements for missile defenses in different regions of the world. The administration is committed to building a European regional missile defense system, the European PAA or EPAA between now and 2020. The first elements of the EPAA were deployed in late 2011. However, much progress is still required in order to reach the goals set for the PAA. This article addresses the technological, operational and political issues confronting the Obama administration in its efforts to make the PAA a reality.

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  • Daniel Goure, 2012. "The Obama administration's phased-adaptive architecture: technological, operational and political issues," Defense & Security Analysis, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 17-35, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdanxx:v:28:y:2012:i:1:p:17-35
    DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2012.651376
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