Issues Concerning the Survivability and Capability of the ICBM Force

Abstract

There are some issues concerning the survivability and capability of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) force, that remain to be resolved. For ease of presentation, we have divided these issues into three major time segments. SHORT-TERM ISSUES --This segment represents the time from the present to the initial deployment of the MX --currently targeted for 1986. MID-TERM ISSUES --This segment represents the time from initial deployment of MX missiles in existing silos until they are deployed in their own survivable basing mode, and LONG-TERM-ISSUES --This time segment begins with the deployment of MX missiles in their own survivable basing mode.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 25, 1982
Accession Number
ADA111644

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Control Systems
  • Damage Assessment
  • Deployment
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Reaction Time
  • Retargeting
  • Survivability
  • System Software
  • Targeting
  • Targets

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design