Requirements for Progressive Strategic Defenses.

Abstract

Space-based layers face counter-measures, cost, and survivability concerns. Midcourse defenses face decoys, which they must discriminate. Simple models indicate that their initial deployment should be effective and that development could improve their effectiveness. That would provide a hedge against uncertainty and an incentive to the reduction of offensive forces.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA344725

Entities

People

  • Gregory H. Canavan

Organizations

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boost Phase
  • California
  • Command And Control
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Depressed Trajectories
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Ground Based
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Midcourse Defense
  • Penetration Aids
  • Space Based
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space