[20010713]RS20052_国家导弹防御系统和阿拉斯加.pdf

1 Such a system would be designed to protect the United States against limited accidental ordeliberate long-range ballistic missile attack, especially from Asia. Many Members and others havesought for such a deployment in the near-term and to ensure that any deployed system includeprotection of all 50 states.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20052Updated July 13, 2001National Missile Defense and AlaskaSteven A. HildrethSpecialist in National DefenseForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryIn mid-July 2001, the Bush Administration announced that it would seek fundingto develop a Ballistic Missile Test Bed, which would be used to prove various aspectsof a national missile defense1 capability. The test bed would be oriented in the Pacificand would make use of early warning radars at Beale Air Force Base (California) andCobra Dane at Shemya Island, and use the Kodiak Launch Facility in Alaska to launchtargets and interceptors. The test bed could also include up to five ground-based silosat Fort Greeley Alaska. If directed, the BMD test bed could provide a basis for acontingency missile defense