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050 0 0 _aUG740
_b.K46 1986
100 1 _aKent, Glenn A.,
_d1915-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aStrategic defenses and the transition to assured survival /
_cGlenn A. Kent and Randall J. DeValk.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1986.
300 _axv, 57 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"October 1986."
500 _a"Project Air Force"--Cover.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 _aThis report details the anatomy and calculus of the ballistic missile portion of the transition to a robust nationwide strategic defense posture, as proposed by President Reagan on March 23, 1983. To provide insight into the policy issues surrounding the transition, the authors develop an analytic format based on ballistic missile "defense potential." The defense potential format demonstrates that, if highly survivable strategic defenses were deployed as an adjunct to current superpower ballistic missile forces, the United States could make the transition to the President's goal of assured survival from ballistic missile attack without having to pass through a period during which either the United States or the Soviet Union would have great incentive to launch a first strike against the other. However, if the defenses are vulnerable to attack and/or if both superpowers continue to deploy weapons capable of destroying hard targets but fail to adopt corresponding offensive force survivability measures, a stable transition would become less likely.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aArms race
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aBallistic missile defenses.
650 0 _aStrategic Defense Initiative.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xMilitary policy.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
700 1 _aDeValk, Randall J.
_q(Randall James),
_d1957-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bNational Security Strategies Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3369/
999 _c599887
_d599887