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Abandonment Fear

The worry within an alliance that one's partner will fail to honor its…

Aegis Ashore

A land-based version of the U.S. Navy's Aegis ballistic missile defense system,…

Aegis BMD

A US Navy sea- and land-based ballistic missile defense system using the Aegis…

Appeasement Disad

A negative debate argument claiming the affirmative plan signals weakness to an…

Debate & Speech

Arrow system

A family of Israeli exo-atmospheric anti-ballistic missile interceptors…