Directed Energy Missile Defense in Space

NTIS order #PB84-210111

Report cover
Full Report ~1578K
Front Matter ~18K
Table of Contents ~6K

Sections
1: INTRODUCTION ~273K
2: BOOSTER CHARACTERISTICS ~255K
3: DIRECTED B ENERGY WEAPONS FOR OOST-PHASE INTERCEPT ~524K
4: OTHER ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A BOOST-PHASE INTERCEPT SYSTEM ~22K
5: COUNTERMEASURES TO BOOST- PHASE INTERCEPT ~155K
6: A WORD ON "OLD" BMD "NEW" AND BMD ~14K
7: A HYPOTHETICAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE ~35K
8: DEFENSIVE GOALS 1: THE PERFECT" DEFENSE ~150K
9: DEFENSIVE GOALS II: LESS-THAN-PERFECT DEFENSE ~63K
10: PRINCIPAL JUDGMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ~14K

APPENDIXES
A: THE CONCLUSION OF PRESIDENT REAGAN'S MARCH 23, 1983, SPEECH ON DEFENSE SPENDING AND DEFENSIVE TECHNOLOGY ~25K
B: ABM TREATY AND RELATED DOCUMENTS ~54K
C: OTHER APPLICATIONS OF DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS ~54K