Modern Weapons for Non-NATO Contingencies,
Abstract
Over the past two years United States security policies have changed in some important ways. High priorities have been set for the development of forces, weapons, and equipment which can be used in emerging crises in parts of the world where no American forces are now stationed. New evaluations of where the country now stands have been painful, since little funding has gone into the production of modern hardware for this purpose in the past decade. More importantly, American military strategy has neglected third-world confrontations and the projection of power. It has concentrated on just two kinds of conflict: intercontinental nuclear war and the defense of NATO Europe against a massive and relatively unheralded Soviet attack. The procurement of U.S. military forces has been dominated by the same two objectives. This talk puts forward some general principles for forces designed to project power and suggest some useful directions for weapons development.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA103313
Entities
People
- James Digby
Organizations
- RAND Corporation