Issues in Strategic Defense: Security Requirements for the 199Os.

Abstract

On March 23, 1983, President Reagan asked American scientists to take a fresh look at the possibilities for defending America from attack by ballistic missiles, in the light of the new technologies of defense and an altered global balance of military power. SDIO-the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization-was established in response to his call. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the President's speech, the editors of NR put a number of key questions relating to SDI to the Technical Panel on Missile Defense of the George C. Marshall Institute. The questions begin with the basics Do we need SDI? Is there no good alternative? Will the Soviets pre-empt if we start to deploy? and go on from there.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA338811

Entities

People

  • George C. Marshall

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Detectors
  • Early Warning Systems
  • Explosions
  • False Alarms
  • Ground Based
  • Lasers
  • Military Aircraft
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Space Based
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies