Ground-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles in the Indo-Pacific Assessing the Positions of U.S. Allies Summary

Abstract

When the United States withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019, it opened for itself the opportunity to develop and deploy ground-based missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 km what this report calls ground-based intermediate-range missiles (GBIRMs). But the U.S. withdrawal also sparked a debate regarding where the United States could deploy such missiles. This became a critical topic in the Indo-Pacific because China was never a signatory to the INF Treaty, enabling it to develop a wide array of capabilities that the United States was prohibited from fielding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 29, 2022
Accession Number
AD1167600

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey W. Hornung

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Alliances
  • Australia
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Delphi Method
  • Deployment
  • East China Sea
  • Governments
  • Ground Based
  • Japan
  • Japanese Language
  • Korean War
  • Regional Security
  • Standoff Missiles
  • United States

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  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies