Navy Pursues SM-6 as Defense Against Cruise Missile Threats From: Sea Power | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Kime, Patricia | Copyright Navy League of the United States Nov 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The global proliferation of cruise missiles, predicted widely after Operation Desert Storm, has yet to materialize. But the lack of an immediate threat is not stopping the U.S. Navy from updating measures to counter antiship missiles as well as land-attack cruise missiles.

The Missile Defense Agency estimates that in the next 10 years as many as 20 countries could possess cruise missiles. The Russians are working with India to develop a cruise missile that is not covered by the Missile...