The BASIC NMD timeline entries is a condensed version of similar timelines prepared by Daniel Smith at the Center for Defense Information and Donald Baucom at the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.

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Baucom, Donald R., “National Missile Defense: An Overview (1993-2000)”, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Baucom, “Ballistic Missile Defense: A Brief History”, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Freedman, Lawrence, The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1982)

Smith, Daniel “Chronology of U.S. National Missile Defense Programs”, Center for Defense Information

Smith, “A Brief History of ‘Missiles’ and Ballistic Missile Defense”, Center for Defense Information

Smith, “The Ballistic Missile Threat”, Center for Defense Information

Smith, “Technological Challenges in National Missile Defense” Center for Defense Information

“Missile Defense Milestones”, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

“Fact Sheets”, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, “Nuclear Age Timeline”

1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000

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