Number: RL33067
Title: Conventional Warheads for Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues for Congress
Authors: Amy Woolf, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division 
Abstract: This report provides an overview of the Administration's rationale for the possible deployment of conventional warheads on long-range ballistic missiles. It then reviews the Air Force, and, to a lesser extent, Navy efforts to develop these systems. It summarizes congressional reaction to these proposals, then provides a more detailed account of the issues raised by these concepts and programs.
Pages: 32
Date: Updated May 16, 2008