Shifting US missile defence posture may alarm China
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- Missile defence systems
- Early intercept
- Mid-course intercept
- Terminal intercept
- New US BMD posture
- Strategic adaptation
- Reassuring allies
- Circumvents some technical problems
- Technical challenges
- Outlook
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_350.jpg "A missile interceptor is launched from USS Lake Erie during a test in the Pacific Ocean (Reuters/US Navy)")