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Publication Date: July 2002
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Military and defense
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Abstract:
Over 80 countries currently possess cruise missiles. U.S. and allied forces currently face a threat from short-range, conventionally armed, anti-ship cruise missiles in the hands of a few nations. As relevant technology becomes increasingly available commercially, efforts to control the sophistication of these missiles and their spread may become more difficult.