Most Critical Testing Still Lies Ahead for Missiles in Theater Nuclear Modernization.

Abstract

The Department of Defense is developing two missiles, the Army's Pershing II and the Air Force's Ground Launched Cruise Missile, as part of a program to modernize its theater nuclear forces in Europe. The two weapons are to provide the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with a capability to launch landbased theater nuclear missiles from Western Europe that can strike targets within the Soviet Union. Deployed theater nuclear missiles cannot reach beyond the Soviet satellite countries of the Warsaw Pact. This report presents on some of the implications of the decision by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to modernize its theater nuclear forces. It also covers the progress being made in developing Pershing II and the Ground Launched Cruise Missile for eventual deployment in Europe.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 02, 1981
Accession Number
ADA096143

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Launched
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Arms Control
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Navigation
  • Reliability
  • System Software
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Weapon Control
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites