National Missile Defense: A New Mission for the Total Force.

Abstract

This paper explores the concept of a future National Missile Defense (NMD) System deployed, integrated, and manned by the National Guard. It first looks at the current status of the NMD discussion within the context of an emerging threat to North America by other than Russian or former Soviet Union States. Framed by that foundation, the paper reviews an historical case study concerning the contribution of the National Guard in the performance of a similar national defense mission, compared to a proposed concept of operations for NMD. The focus of this comparison is on the success of past performance with an expectation of future capability for this critical mission. The paper concludes with an organizational development analysis of this emerging mission and what key attributes should characterize a weapon system which represents a significant investment of our national treasury directly under the operational control of the reserve component.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 1996
Accession Number
ADA326902

Entities

People

  • Richard J. Utecht

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Arms Control
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Military Organizations
  • National Guard
  • National Security
  • North America
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Security
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Economics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.