Office of the Technology Assessment Strategic Defenses

Two Reports by the Office of Technology Assessment
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5509-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 110, 494 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Assessment, Office of the Technology

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Foreword, pg. viii
Contents, pg. ix
Office of Technology Assessment, pg. x
Chapter 1. Executive Summary, pg. 1
Chapter 2. Introduction, pg. 37
Chapter 3. Ballistic Missile Defense Then and Now, pg. 43
Chapter 4. Deterrence, U.S. Nuclear Strategy, and BMD, pg. 65
Chapter 5. BMD Capabilities and the Strategic Balance, pg. 91
Chapter 6. Crisis Stability, Arms Race Stability, and Arms Control Issues, pg. 117
Chapter 7. Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies, pg. 137
Chapter 8. Feasibility, pg. 195
Chapter 9. Alternative Future Scenarios, pg. 219
Chapter 10. Alternative R&D Programs, pg. 237
Appendix A. Ballistic Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty, pg. 263
Appendix B. Texts of the 1972 ABM Treaty, Its Agreed Interpretations, and Its 1976 Protocol, pg. 272
Appendix C. Effects of BMD Deployment on Existing Arms Control Treaties, pg. 283
Appendix D. Defense Requirements for Assured Survival, pg. 285
Appendix E. Defense Capability Levels and U.S. Strategy Choices, pg. 290
Appendix F. BMD and the Military R&D Budget, pg. 292
Appendix G. Studies of the High Frontier Global Ballistic Missile Defense I, pg. 294
Appendix H. Excerpts From Statements on BMD by Reagan Administration Officials, pg. 297
Appendix I. List of Reagan Administration Statements on BMD, pg. 308
Appendix J. Articles by Critics of the Strategic Defense Initiative, pg. 310
Appendix K. Excerpts From Soviet Statements on BMD, pg. 312
Appendix L. References on Strategic Nuclear Policy, pg. 316
Appendix M. References on Soviet Strategic Policy, pg. 320
Appendix N. Glossary of Acronyms and Terms, pg. 321
Front matter 2, pg. i
Foreword, pg. iii
Glossary of Acronyms and Terms, pg. iv
Contents, pg. x
Chapter 1. Executive Summary, pg. 1
Chapter 2. Introduction, pg. 23
Chapter 3. MILSATs, ASATs, and National Security, pg. 31
Chapter 4. ASAT Capabilities and Countermeasures, pg. 47
Chapter 5. ASAT Arms Control: History, pg. 89
Chapter 6. ASAT Arms Control: Options, pg. 103
Chapter 7. Comparative Evaluation of ASAT Policy Options, pg. 123
Appendix A. Soviet Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of the Use of Force in Outer Space and From Space Against the Earth, pg. 143