Strategic Defences in the 1990s: Criteria for Deployment
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Abstract
Part 1 Deployment criteria for strategic defences: strategic desirability - deterrence, strategic stability, arms control technical feasibility - effectiveness, survivability economic affordability - opportunity costs, cost-effectiveness in relation to alternative, cost-effectiveness at the margin. Part 2 An accidental launch protection system: evaluation - strategic desirability, technical feasibility, economic affordability. Part 3 A ground-based defence of military targets: evaluation - strategic desirability, the impact of US ground-based defences on deterrence, the impact of mutual ground-based defences on deterrence, the impact of ground-based defences on stability and arms control technical feasibility economic affordability. Part 4 A phase-one strategic defence system: strategic desirability - the impact of a phase-1 defence on deterrence, the impact of a phase-1 defence on strategic stability, the impact of a phase-1 defence on arms control. Part 5 Strategic defence research in the 1990s.