The biggest single increase in the US defence budget request for modernization spending over the next six years is for ballistic missile defence, including theatre and national systems. Engineers, managers and policy makers will need to stay abreast of the ever-changing state of the art in theatre ballistic missile defence. This text covers the special technical and design issues involved in the development of a ballistic missile defence system. Dr Neveh pulls together 40 years of experience in Israeli theatre missile defence activities and provides in a single volume, Theatre Ballistic...

Technology and its proper use constitute key components in the strength of any armed forces. However, battlefield technologies constantly evolve in the quest for competitive advantage, with the rate at which new concepts and devices appear steadily increasing. In the world of technological intelligence, militaries worldwide not only seek to advance their technologies but to gather information about the latest technological and scientific developments of present and future adversaries, evaluate their possible impacts, and prevent as much as possible, the advantages gained by technological...