BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: RESPONDING TO THE CURRENT BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION MAY 30, 1996 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-055674-0 BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana J. DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois PETER BLUTE, Massachusetts WILLIAM J. MARTINI, New Jersey MICHAEL PATRICK FLANAGAN, Illinois ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Maryland CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois ROBERT E. WISE, JR., West Virginia PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia GENE GREEN, Texas CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania BILL BREWSTER, Oklahoma TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania ELIJAH CUMMINGS, Maryland BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont JAMES L. CLARKE, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, AND CRIMINAL ROBERT CHARLES, Staff Director and Chief Counsel 231RASSOBI MICHELE LANG, Special Counsel SEAN LITTLEFIELD, Professional Staff Member CHERRI BRANSON, Minority Professional Staff Member (II) CONTENTS Krepon, Michael, president, the Henry L. Stimson Center; Dr. Keith B. Payne, president, National Institute for Public Policy Weldon, Hon. Curt, a Representative in Congress from the State of Penn- Woolsey, R. James, former Director, Central Intelligence Agency; and Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., president, Center for Security Policy Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Erhlich, Hon. Robert L., a Representative in Congress from the State Article entitled, "Lengthening the Fuse" Document entitled, "Conceptual Provisions of a Strategy for Counter- ing the Main External Threats to Russian Federation National |