MX or Butter.

Abstract

Facing the enormous projected costs of strategic systems such as MX, this memorandum addresses the need for a basic assessment of US strategic objectives, particularly long-term US goals in regard to the Soviet Union. While military expenditures can provide the United States short term security, long-term security is grounded on social development. Policies seeking such an evolution must integrate political, military, economic, social, and psychological instruments into a comprehensive and internally consistent strategy. Only against the background of such a strategy can the utility of major programs such as MX be assessed. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 15, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117652

Entities

People

  • Edward A. Corcoran

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Defense Systems
  • Europe
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • Human Rights
  • International Relations
  • Living Standards
  • Military Separation
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Security
  • Social Problems
  • Societies
  • United States
  • Ussr

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