U.S. Targeting Priorities in a Post-START Environment

Abstract

The Cold War is over. The West won. The Soviet Union is gone. Iraq was going for 'the Bomb,' but was driven out of Kuwait by a U.S.-led coalition using precision-guided bombs and missiles with conventional explosives. So why are Minuteman and Peacekeeper and Trident II ballistic missiles still armed and on alert? Because the nuclear weapons of the Soviet stockpile did not go away. Because there are other nations with nuclear ambitions. Because the United States cannot accept ever knowing the answer to the question of how little deterrence is not enough.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA276812

Entities

People

  • K. L. Mills Iii

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Governments
  • Guided Bombs
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Security
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Strategic Weapons
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies