ACTIVE AND PASSIVE DEFENSE

Abstract

This report deals primarily with blast shelters, which are a passive form of defense. However, passive defense cannot be discussed meaningfully without understanding the relationship to active defense, i.e., intercepting and destroying the attacking bombers and ballistic missiles. Both active and passive defense have the same purpose--to save lives and the tools necessary for recovery. The study will describe the technical aspects of active defense, particularly ballistic missile defense, then discuss the difficult question: which is more effective, active or passive defense--or some combination of the two.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0676973

Entities

People

  • A. L. Latter
  • E. A. Martinelli

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Active Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Civil Defense
  • Defense Systems
  • High Altitude
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Low Altitude
  • Nose Cones
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Passive Defense
  • Radar
  • Rockets
  • Trajectories
  • United States

Readers

  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.