Feasibility of Third World Advanced Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. Volume 2: Emerging Cruise Missile Threat
Abstract
"The Emerging Cruise Missile Threat", study recently released by the National Defense industrial Association (NDIA) Strike, Land Attack & Air Defense Committee shows how the possibility of long range cruise missile attack by Third World countries is developing rapidly into a serious threat for U.S. interests. Current technology enables the Third World to field a large number of low-cost land-attack cruise missiles that can overwhelm capable defenses. Sophisticated land-attack cruise missiles can be constructed or modified from technologies or components currently available worldwide. The study Is Volume 2 of an industry series on the Feasibility of Third World Advanced Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. Volume 1, "The Long-Range Ballistic Missile Threat", was presented at the 67th MORSS at West Point In June 1999. Technologies exploited in cruise missilery include GPS/INS (Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation System), compact avionics, flight programming software, stealth and powerful, lightweight jet propulsion systems. "The Emerging Cruise Missile Threat" focuses on the technical feasibility of production methods likely to be used by Third World countries to improve their cruise missile capability. Working exclusively from unclassified sources, the study reviews the lessons learned from historical cruise missile development programs. It assesses potential cruise missile improvements available to Third World countries. It evaluates possible alternatives to land-attack cruise missiles. It analyzes recent trends in Third World asymmetric threats. And it provides a comprehensive global cruise missile inventory, Identifying more than 80,000 cruise missiles worldwide.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 22, 2000
- Accession Number
- ADA377356
Entities
People
- Daniel Gadler
- James Beyar
- James Howe
- John Mciver
- Robert E. Woodside