The Close Aboard Bastion: A Soviet Ballistic Missile Submarine Deployment Strategy

Abstract

This thesis describes and analyzes a possible deployment posture for the Soviet ballistic missile submarine force. It examines the proposition that the Soviet Navy will establish a point defense, labeled Close Aboard Bastions (CABs), for it ballistic missile submarine fleet within the Soviet claimed 12 nautical mile territorial sea. This is a logical derivation of the currently widely held view that the Soviet will establish derivation of currently widely held view that the Soviets will establish a bastion defense for the strategic portion of their seagoing forces. The thesis concludes that the postulated CAB strategy is a viable option for the Soviet Union during a war that begins conventionally.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201696

Entities

People

  • Walter M. Kreitler

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Geography
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Law
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Submarine Warfare
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.