Examination and Assessment of the Strategic Posture of the United States.

Abstract

In order to maximize the political, strategic and tactical effectiveness of nuclear weapons, it is essential to have a well thought out, viable, flexible employment plan that may be put into use rapidly. This 'strategic posture' would allow a more consistent and clearly understood policy to be espoused by the U.S. political leadership on a long term basis; a policy that would not be subject to the vagaries and political opportunism that characterizes the U.S. political process on an almost continual basis. The U.S. should adopt a long-range strategic doctrine similar in concept to that of the Soviet Union. The idea that war is not an inconceiveable event and should be pursued with the most decisive aims and carefully structured missions and objectives is something that has been missing from U.S. strategic policy. The U.S. needs to consider what will happen after the first nuclear exchange.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA163423

Entities

People

  • Michael Ward Robison

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Civil Defense
  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Governments
  • International Security
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design