NATO's Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile Requirements and Their Relationship to the Strategic Defense Initiative.

Abstract

This report attempts to structure the broad range of issues affecting the potential development of anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) systems by evaluating the relationship among NATO's potential needs for ATBMs, the technologies under development in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, and the political constraints in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), where ATBMs would be deployed. The authors conclude that planners attempting to improve NATO's air defenses and those attempting to advance SDI research goals are faced with distinctly different problems. Since NATO's requirements have little connection to SDI, an ATBM system intended to advance SDI goals must be based almost entirely on SDI objectives and could cause controversy in the FRG. Conversely, the limited systems of most interest to NATO stand outside the political debate. (JHD)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA212971

Entities

People

  • David Rubenson
  • James Bonomo

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control
  • Attrition
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Electronic Intelligence
  • Guidance
  • National Security
  • Surveillance
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies