02155cam a2200373 i 4500 rnd000000000047457 RAND 920212s1986 cau b 000 0 eng d 0833007025 RAND/R-3366-FF (Sirsi) a188598 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR e------ UA646 .B658 1986 Brown, Nanette, 1958- author. The Strategic Defense Initiative and European security : a conference report / Nanette C. Brown. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1986. xi, 33 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "January 1986." Includes bibliographical references. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions of a conference on the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative and European Security held in March 1985. The conference participants were government officials and defense analysts from the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, and the United States. The conferees overwhelmingly supported research on the Strategic Defense Initiative as a hedge against Soviet ballistic missile defense programs. However, support for development or deployment hinged in part on whether Soviet actions were seen as being linked to U.S. actions. These views, along with the assumption that the Soviet Union would field defenses if the United States did, reflected differences in concern about the implications of strategic defenses for (1) deterrence in general, (2) NATO strategy and deterrence in Europe, (3) arms control, and (4) European technological interests. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. Strategic Defense Initiative. Europe Defenses Congresses. Rand Corporation. Ford Foundation. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3366/ 599883 599883