START and US Strategic Forces

Abstract

Recent commentary on provisions of the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) treaty entailing a 50-percent reduction in strategic offensive arms has included doubts about the prospective accord's impact on US strategic forces. The deep reductions that are now agreed to in principle by the United States and the Soviet Union will undoubtedly require careful adjustment of the US strategic force posture, as well as continued strategic force modernization, in order to preserve a robust and survivable strategic offensive deterrent. The purpose of the START negotiations is to achieve this objective at lower, and equal, overall force levels that will strengthen strategic stability in the long term.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA529424

Entities

People

  • Dennis Mcdowell

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Ballistic Missile Submarines
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Deterrence
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Force Structure
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Negotiations
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles
  • Submarines
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • War Colleges

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