The Maritime Strategy and Coalition Defense: A Synthesis for NATO Success,

Abstract

Maritime Strategy is an essential element underpinning the credibility of the NATO alliance. Far from hampering continental defense, the Strategy enhances our deterrent posture and, should deterrence fail, increases our prospects for both preserving NATO allies and for ending hostilities on favorable terms. Execution of the global war portion of the Maritime Strategy would almost certainly occur as part of a NATO defensive effort against Warsaw Pact aggression. Also, discussions about the feasibility of executing the Maritime Strategy have attempted to compare our national force structure and capabilities to that of the Soviets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184313

Entities

People

  • David W. Glazier

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attack Submarines
  • Battle Management
  • Battles
  • Boats
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Defense Planning
  • Deterrence
  • Force Structure
  • Military Organizations
  • Navy
  • Oceans
  • Security
  • Ships
  • Submarine Warfare
  • Submarines
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies