NPTG8565A-S24
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 2024 - MIIS, MIIS Workshop
- Location:
- Middlebury Institute, CA Campus: ONLINE (Online Course), ONLINE (Online Course), ONLINE (Online Course), ONLINE (Online Course), ONLINE (Online Course), ONLINE (Online Course)
- Schedule:
- 6:00pm-9:00pm on Friday at ONLINE (Apr 12, 2024 to Apr 12, 2024)
9:00am-5:00pm on Saturday at ONLINE (Apr 13, 2024 to Apr 13, 2024)
9:00am-3:00pm on Sunday at ONLINE (Apr 14, 2024 to Apr 14, 2024)
6:00pm-9:00pm on Friday at ONLINE (Apr 19, 2024 to Apr 19, 2024)
9:00am-5:00pm on Saturday at ONLINE (Apr 20, 2024 to Apr 20, 2024)
9:00am-3:00pm on Sunday at ONLINE (Apr 21, 2024 to Apr 21, 2024) - Type:
- Workshop
- Course Modality:
- Scheduled 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