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Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
POST-COLD WAR US HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE: THE POLICY DEBATE 2
HOW CAN US HOMELAND MISSILE DEFENSE CONTRIBUTE TO DEFENSE STRATEGY? 3
STAYING AHEAD OF NORTH KOREA 4
COUNTERING COERCIVE ATTACKS FROM CHINA AND RUSSIA 7
THE TWO-NUCLEAR-PEER PROBLEM 10
ADDRESSING COUNTERARGUMENTS 12
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 16
Figure 1. Layered Homeland Missile Defense Concept 6
Figure 2. Notional Examples of THAAD Defense of Strategic Assets 12