"This paper suggests a framework that relates U.S. policies regarding the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and arms control to fundamental objectives of U.S. security--deterring aggression and limiting damage should deterrence fail. The paper argues that an "early deployment" of a n...

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1. Verfasser:	Ochmanek, David A. 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Santa Monica, Calif. Rand 1987
Schlagworte:	Nuclear arms control > Soviet Union Nuclear arms control > United States Strategic Defense Initiative Rüstungsbegrenzung Strategische Verteidigungsinitiative Sowjetunion USA
Zusammenfassung:	"This paper suggests a framework that relates U.S. policies regarding the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and arms control to fundamental objectives of U.S. security--deterring aggression and limiting damage should deterrence fail. The paper argues that an "early deployment" of a nationwide ballistic missile defense is unnecessary and might undermine, rather than strengthen, U.S. security. The United States should consider deployment of such defenses only when it becomes clear that they could fundamentally improve U.S. security by assuring national survival in the event of a nuclear attack. Because the weight of evidence indicates that assured survival would be feasible only in cooperation with the Soviet Union, the paper concludes that the SDI depends on arms control to be viable as anything more than a modest research program."--Rand abstracts.
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