A Conceptual Framework for Studying the Effectiveness of Ballistic Missile Defence System (BMDS) and a Proposed Model

The Ballistic Missile Defence System (BMDS), like any system, has its effectiveness, which must be studied, because it determines the extent to which the goal of this system's existence is achieved. In general, the effectiveness does not yet have a specific methodology to be calculated. This study provided a conceptual and theoretical framework for how to think about the effectiveness of BMDS, the factors which affecting them, and how they will be formulated and calculated. It also provided a proposed equation to calculate this effectiveness, and sources of information to obtain the elements of this proposed equation. Due to the difficulty to find this effectiveness by one person, this study suggested a multidisciplinary committee and its members to perform this task, due to BMDS's specificity and overlapping objectives.