Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization.

Abstract

The Task Force considered a range of ICBM and basing alternatives, with emphasis on the question of survivability and stability. The principal deployments analyzed were: (1) 500 Small ICBMs (SICBMs) deployed in Hard Mobile Launchers (HMLs) on four existing U.S. Government complexes in the Southwest; (2) 50 MX ICBMs deployed in a variable number of superhard silos (patterned array); and d(3) 50 MX ICBMs deployed in carry hard configuration, i.e., in hardened cannisters deployed among a large number of low cost vertical shelters. The Task Force concluded that there is at least one SICBM basing mode -- and possibly one or more MX basing modes -- which, although costly, have a high degree of survivability and accordingly are suitable candidates for deployment by the U.S.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA173675

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  • Defense Science Board

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  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Congress
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Engineering
  • Executives
  • Governments
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Navigation
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • Warning Systems

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