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Article: Cruise missiles: the 'poor man's air force': Bryan Dorn warns that it will be difficult to prevent proliferation of these dangerous weapons.
- Article from:
- New Zealand International Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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While the United States concentrates upon the emerging ballistic missile threat from North Korea and Iran to justify its construction of the ground-based midcourse defence, adversaries are constructing cruise missiles to avoid interception and to strike US strategic targets. This article will analyse the emergence of the cruise missile threat and the current inability of the missile technology control regime (MTCR) to halt the proliferation of land-attack cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The threat from ballistic missiles has dominated US security concerns and non-proliferation efforts. Cruise missiles do not require sophisticated technology for ...