Ballistic Missile Defense Organization Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement for National Missile Defense Deployment

Summary

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization has made available a draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) assessing the potential environmental impacts of deploying the National Missile Defense (NMD) system, a land-based, non-nuclear defense system capable of detecting and responding to limited strategic ballistic missile threats from rogue nations, with potential deployment locations in Alaska and North Dakota.