Ballistic Missile Defenses and Russian Retaliation Issues.

Abstract

An examination of the degradation of a Russian retaliatory nuclear strike if the U.S. and Russia were to deploy theater or anti-ballistic missile defenses in their homelands. Consideration is given to efforts for restoring the effectiveness of a Russian retaliation, and the effects on first strike stability of deployments of theater missile defenses in one or both homelands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA319376

Entities

People

  • F. S. Nyland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Countermeasures
  • Defense Systems
  • Degradation
  • Deployment
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Force Structure
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Operations Research
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Theater Missile Defense
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Strategic Security Studies