Naval Arms Control: A Poor Choice of Words and an Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come

Abstract

Author makes case that due to recent events, initiatives in areas of naval arms control are extremely poorly timed. These events include political changes in USSR, the changing international security environment, the new Soviet military doctrine and strategy, ongoing arms control negotiations, unarticulated U.S. and NATO goals, and changes in Soviet and U.S. planning assumptions and scenarios. Author then analyses three major areas for naval arms control proposals: (1) restrictions on strategic antisubmarine warfare, (2) naval operations, and (3) strategic antisubmarine warfare technology and tanks them on technical grounds. Author reviews the goals of arms control and finds none of these three areas in need of formal regulation. Author concludes with a number of innovative areas for naval arms control in areas of doctrine, strategy, operations, and exercises with concrete recommendations and acceptable (to USN) fallback positions. (Author) (kr)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 1990
Accession Number
ADA226710

Entities

People

  • James John Tritten

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Law
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Recreation
  • Treaties

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design