Control of Active Defenses of Joint Theater Missile Defense

<p>This thesis investigated the command and control doctrine and infrastructure that surrounded the employment of a new suite of weapon systems designed to counter an emerging threat. It assessed the current doctrine command and control infrastructure and TBM defense system technologies in relation to active defenses against the threat in order to answer the question: Who should control active defenses against ballistic and cruise missiles? This thesis explored two subproblems. The first subproblem was to identify analyze and interpret the existing joint and service doctrine on command and control aspects of active defenses against ballistic and cruise missiles. The second subproblem was to identify analyze and interpret historical aspects of the evolution of current joint command and control doctrine that might be illustrative to the main problem statement. This thesis recommends changes to joint doctrine and command and control infrastructure to improve the efficacy of active theater missile defenses.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>