Ballistic Missile Defense: New Plans, Old Challenges

Authors

Elizabeth Zolotukhina, Project on National Security Reform Case Studies Working GroupFollow

Author Biography

Elizabeth Zolotukhina is Head Editor of the Project on National Security Reform Case Studies Working Group. Her past affiliations include the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute and the Lexington Institute. Ms. Zolotukhina received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research interests include nonproliferation, arms control, and Russia. Her articles have appeared in the World Politics Review and the International Affairs Forum, among others. She can be reached at elizabethz@gmail.com.

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.3.2.4

Subject Area Keywords

Defense policy, Europe and EU, Foreign policy, International relations, Russia, Strategy

Abstract

On September 17, 2009—the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 that marked the beginning of World War II—the Obama Administration announced its intention to shelve plans for the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) that had been developed under former President George W. Bush. Pointing to a new intelligence assessment, President Obama argued that his predecessor's plan to deploy an X-band radar station outside of Prague, Czech Republic, and 10 two-stage interceptor missiles in Poland would not adequately protect America and its European allies from the Iranian threat and reiterated his opposition to utilizing unproven technology in any European BMD architecture.

Recommended Citation

Zolotukhina, Elizabeth. "Ballistic Missile Defense: New Plans, Old Challenges." Journal of Strategic Security 3, no. 2 (2010) : 39-44.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.3.2.4
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol3/iss2/4