Ballistic missile defense /
Defense against nuclear attack--so natural and seemingly so compelling a goal--has provoked debate for at least twenty years. Ballistic missle defense systems, formerly called antiballistic missile systems, offer the prospect of remedying both superpowers' alarming vulnerability to nuclear weap...
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution,
©1984.
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| 在線閱讀: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.10704431 |
書本目錄:
- Cover
- Contents
- 1. Introduction to the BMD Question
- Does BMD Work?
- Is BMD a Good Thing?
- What Happens Next?
- 2. The Strategist's Perspective
- Defining Strategy
- The Roles of Nuclear Forces
- Moral Issues in Nuclear Strategy
- Arms Control and Strategy
- Strategic Defenses in General
- Alternative Strategies and the Role of BMD
- Summary
- 3. Systems and Technology
- Ballistic Missile Characteristics
- BMD Functions
- Traditional Terminal Defense
- Traditional Exoatmospheric Defense
- Advanced Exoatmospheric Defense
- Simple/Novel Systems
- Dust Defense
- Boost-Phase Defense
- Summary
- 4. BMD Applications: Performance and Limitations
- Prerequisites for BMD Analysis
- Fundamentals of BMD Analysis
- Defense of ICBMs
- Defense of Command and Control and Other Military Targets
- Defense of Cities
- The Question of Net Long-Term Benefit
- 5. The Soviet BMD Program
- BMD in Soviet Strategic Thinking
- Early Days in the Soviet ABM Program
- The Moscow ABM System
- The Soviet Union and the ABM Treaty
- Soviet BMD in the Aftermath of the Treaty
- Whither Soviet BMD?
- 6. The ABM Treaty Today
- Provisions of the ABM Treaty
- Administration of the Treaty
- U.S. and Soviet Behavior under the Treaty
- The Symbolic Role of the Treaty
- Possible Changes to the Treaty
- 7. The Small Nuclear Powers
- The Equalizer
- Survival and Penetration
- Thin Defenses against Small Threats
- The ABM Treaty
- The Cruise Alternative
- Britain
- France
- China
- Conclusion
- 8. BMD and East-West Relations
- The Context of East-West Relations Today
- The Importance of the Circumstances of Initiative
- Western Alliance Perspectives
- Soviet Perspectives
- BMD, Other Countries, and East-West Relations
- The Effects of Possible Future BMD Initiatives
- Conclusions
- 9. Past and Present: The Historical Legacy
- The Historical Record: An Overview
- Lessons of the Past
- 10. Assessing Future Prospects
- Status Quo
- MX Defense
- Soviet Initiative
- Major U.S. Initiative
- Soviet Breakout
- New Arms Control Arrangements
- 11. Reactions and Perspectives
- Norman R. Augustine
- Albert Carnesale
- William A. Davis, Jr.
- John S. Foster, Jr.
- Richard L. Garwin
- Colin S. Gray
- Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr.
- Glenn A. Kent
- George Rathjens
- Appendix: The ABM Treaty and Related Documents
- Glossary of BMD Systems
- Contributors
- Index
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