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   BROWSE BY AUTHOR : RICHARD L. GARWIN
Taming Antisatellite and Space Weapons -- Richard L. Garwin  -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists  -- May 30, 2007

Richard Garwin suggests a compromise space weapons treaty that would prohibit new anti-satellite weapon tests, but still allow for temporary and reversible attacks (ex. jamming, concealment, interference with the line of sight, etc) on non-strategic space assets.

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Holes in the Missile Shield -- Richard L. Garwin  -- Scientific American  -- November 01, 2004

Richard L. Garwin argues that instead of rushing to deploy a flawed and untested missile defense system, "military contractors, technologists and politicians should pay more attention to evaluating the relative magnitudes of the threats" and shift scarce resources to the "development of alternative systems that would have a real chance of stopping ICBMs."

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The Many Threats of Terror -- Richard L. Garwin  -- The New York Review of Books  -- November 01, 2001

Richard Garwin examines the new breed of terrorists and argues for common-sense measures that utilize market incentives wherever possible.

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Boost-Phase Intercept -- Not If, But When -- Richard L. Garwin  -- Inside Missle Defense  -- July 01, 2000

Richard L. Garwin argues in favor of a boost-phase intercept missile defense system as an alternative to the current administration's plans.

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Wrong Plan - A Proposal for Boost-Phase Missile Defense -- Richard L. Garwin  -- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists  -- March 01, 2000

Richard L. Garwin critiques the administration's missile defense proposal and offers a remarkable alternative that would be less suspectible to common countermeasures, more accurate than the current system, and less likely to violate existing treaties and anger Russia and China.

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Effectiveness of Proposed National Missile Defense Against ICBMs from North Korea -- Richard L. Garwin  -- Press Release  -- March 17, 1999

A refreshingly thorough argument against missile defense. Garwin argues "the proposed NMD system would have essentially zero capability against the most likely emerging threat-- an ICBM from North Korea."

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