Reduced Strategic Forces and Russian-American Stability Issues.

Abstract

This report provides an examination of three possible sets of force structures that might set terms for future strategic arms reduction treaties between the U.S. and Russia. The measures used in this examination include first strike stability with and without various levels of national ballistic missile defenses for both the U.S. and Russia, and one indicator of geopolitical stability. Various force structures and postures provide illustrative results of a general method of analyzing the impact of the reductions in strategic nuclear arsenals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA326805

Entities

People

  • F. S. Nyland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Cold War
  • Defense Industry
  • Defense Systems
  • Force Structure
  • Governments
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Operations Research
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Missile Defense Systems.