New Alternatives for Targeting the Soviet Union.
Abstract
New options for targeting the USSR are made necessary by the growing threat of Soviet strategic forces, and are made possible by the increased accuracies and numbers of American warheads. The increase in American capabilities not only would allow destruction of some tagets which previously have been invulnerable, but also allows the sparing of important facilities in the USSR while surgically targeting others. What to hit, and what to spare, will thus be much more important questions than in the past. The most important U.S. objective remains to deter Soviet aggression in the first place. Other important considerations are to reduce damage to the U.S. and its allies if a war should nonetheless occur, to keep the Soviets from gaining politically in such a war, and to limit escalation and facilitate war termination.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 31, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA084647
Entities
People
- George H. Quester