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The decision to cooperate on ballistic missile defense (BMD) is not, in its essence, a technical decision, although there is a significant technical component to implementation of such a decision.

Ballistic missiles are rocket-propelled weapons that follow a predetermined arched trajectory. They undergo three phases: the boost phase (launch), the mid-course phase (coasting in space), and the ...