NPTG8565A-S22
Missiles and Missile Defense
This course is divided into two components. The first is an introduction to ballistic missiles including discussions about why missiles matter and the history of their development, rocket components, propulsion, steering, guidance, structure, launchers, trajectories and cruise missiles. Then we will start to apply what we have learned to understand the current status of ballistic missile defense. How difficult is it to hit a bullet with a bullet? We will discuss defense-in-depth and layered defense, defended footprint and radars, boost-phase, mid-course and terminal-phase intercepts, discrimination of warheads and decoys, missile defense effectiveness modelling and evaluating testing, drone-based and space-based missile defense, and cost and status of programs around the world. It is recommended that students will have taken the Science for Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies course but a handout will be given before the course starts as a refresher of the main concepts. This will be a pass/fail course.
- Term:
- Spring 2022 - MIIS, MIIS Winter/J Term only
- Location:
- Middlebury Institute, CA Campus: ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test), ONL (Online test)
- Schedule:
- 1:00pm-3:50pm on Monday at ONL (Jan 10, 2022 to Jan 10, 2022)
8:00am-10:50am on Monday at ONL (Jan 10, 2022 to Jan 10, 2022)
8:00am-10:50am on Tuesday at ONL (Jan 11, 2022 to Jan 11, 2022)
1:00pm-3:50pm on Tuesday at ONL (Jan 11, 2022 to Jan 11, 2022)
8:00am-10:50am on Wednesday at ONL (Jan 12, 2022 to Jan 12, 2022)
1:00pm-3:50pm on Wednesday at ONL (Jan 12, 2022 to Jan 12, 2022)
8:00am-10:50am on Thursday at ONL (Jan 13, 2022 to Jan 13, 2022)
1:00pm-3:50pm on Thursday at ONL (Jan 13, 2022 to Jan 13, 2022)
1:00pm-3:50pm on Friday at ONL (Jan 14, 2022 to Jan 14, 2022)
8:00am-10:50am on Friday at ONL (Jan 14, 2022 to Jan 14, 2022) - Type:
- Workshop
- Course Modality:
- Online
- Instructors:
- Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress George Herbert
- Subject:
- Nonproliferatn&Terrorsm Stdies
- Department:
- Nonproliferatn&Terrorsm Stdies
- Division:
- Intl Policy & Management
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- Levels:
- MIIS Graduate
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 21532
- Subject Code:
- NPTG
- Course Number:
- 8565
- Section Identifier:
- A