The Department of Defense Statement on Strategic Nuclear Posture,

Abstract

For all of our strategic forces, and particularly for the Command, Control and Communications (C3 networks which control and support them, we are increasingly concerned with endurance after the beginning of a nuclear war. Recent studies have pointed out that Soviet strategic doctrine does not envision a nuclear war as ending in a matter of hours, but rather, as continuing until one side or the other has gained military ascendancy. Whatever doubts one may have about the realism of such expectations, the response to an attack of this type--and its deterrence--requires long term survivability and operability of both C3 systems and nuclear strike systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA101597

Entities

People

  • Ruth M. Davis

Organizations

  • Office Of The Under Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Detection
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Low Altitude
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Software Engineering
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control