Precision ATGM's and NATO Defense.
Abstract
This memorandum suggests that the technical limitations of modern antitank guided missiles, developing countermeasures, and Soviet tactics may result in such weapons systems being a far less useful means of providing NATO with an adequate defense against conventional aggression than was originally thought. The author cautions that technology must not be asked to do too much and that NATO should expect no windfall defense savings as it equips its armies with ATGM's. He concludes that while the introduction of large quantities of ATGM's into NATO armies is likely to improve the flexibility of NATO's antiarmor defenses, an immediate or radical shift in the balance between offense and defense is unlikely. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 11, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA063723
Entities
People
- Robert T. Kennedy
Organizations
- United States Army War College