Author : David Rubenson
Publisher : RAND Corporation
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (42 download)
Book Synopsis NATO's Anti-tactical Ballistic Missile Requirements and Their Relationship to the Strategic Defense Initiative by : David Rubenson
Download or read book NATO's Anti-tactical Ballistic Missile Requirements and Their Relationship to the Strategic Defense Initiative written by David Rubenson and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 1987 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report attempts to structure the broad range of issues affecting the potential development of anti-tactical ballistic missile (ATBM) systems by evaluating the relationship among NATO's potential needs for ATBMs, the technologies under development in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, and the political constraints in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), where ATBMs would be deployed. The authors conclude that planners attempting to improve NATO's air defenses and those attempting to advance SDI research goals are faced with distinctly different problems. Since NATO's requirements have little connection to SDI, an ATBM system intended to advance SDI goals must be based almost entirely on SDI objectives and could cause controversy in the FRG. Conversely, the limited systems of most interest to NATO stand outside the political debate.