Chinese Strategic Missile Defense: Will It Happen, and What Would It Mean?

Chinese Strategic Missile Defense: Will It Happen, and What Would It Mean?
 

In the November issue of Arms Control Today, FAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Bruce MacDonald and FAS President Charles Ferguson examine the implications for the United States and its allies of further development and possible deployment of a limited Chinese strategic missile defense system. This analysis is based on the authors’ discussions from mid-2014 to the late spring of 2015 with more than 50 experts (government officials, military officers, and nongovernmental analysts at think tanks and universities) in China and the United States. The overarching assessment is that it is quite possible, certainly less unlikely than many believe, that China could deploy a strategic missile defense system with a small number of interceptors within the next few years for a variety of national security, geopolitical, and domestic reasons. Please see the full article here.http://www.armscontrol.org/ACT/2015_11/Features/Chinese-Strategic-Missile-Defense-Will-It-Happen-and-What-Would-It-Mean?utm_source=Arms+Control+Association+E-Updates&utm_campaign=114a736ce4-The_November_2015_ACT_Issue_Features&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bf155a1a2-114a736ce4-79430281