A Perspective on Strategic Nuclear Deterrence in the New World Order

Abstract

On January 3, 1983, President Reagan convened the President's Commission on Strategic Forces. While the strategic mission is largely unchanged, the threat, arms control, and budget realities are dramatically changed. It is time to conduct, and the aim of this paper, an end to end review of the purpose, character, size, and composition of US strategic forces with the objective of developing a cohesive vision of the post-2000 world and the role of strategic forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA262038

Entities

People

  • Richard E. Webber

Organizations

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • Space Based
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies