Theater Missile Defenses in the Asia-Pacific Region

June 01, 2001

A Henry L. Stimson Center Working Group Report. June 2000.

U.S. policy choices toward TMD in the Asia-Pacific region must be acutely mindful of the pitfalls associated with missile defense deployments, but they must also be responsive to the growing ballistic missile threats in the region. A simplistic, "one-size-fits-all" policy for TMD would worsen regional security and harm US national security interests.

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