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Media type:
E-Book
Title:
Strategic Defenses
:
Two Reports by the Office of Technology Assessment
Contains:
FrontmatterForewordContentsOffice of Technology AssessmentChapter 1. Executive SummaryChapter 2. IntroductionChapter 3. Ballistic Missile Defense Then and NowChapter 4. Deterrence, U.S. Nuclear Strategy, and BMDChapter 5. BMD Capabilities and the Strategic BalanceChapter 6. Crisis Stability, Arms Race Stability, and Arms Control IssuesChapter 7. Ballistic Missile Defense TechnologiesChapter 8. FeasibilityChapter 9. Alternative Future ScenariosChapter 10. Alternative R&D ProgramsAppendix A. Ballistic Missile Defense and the ABM TreatyAppendix B. Texts of the 1972 ABM Treaty, Its Agreed Interpretations, and Its 1976 ProtocolAppendix C. Effects of BMD Deployment on Existing Arms Control TreatiesAppendix D. Defense Requirements for Assured SurvivalAppendix E. Defense Capability Levels and U.S. Strategy ChoicesAppendix F. BMD and the Military R&D BudgetAppendix G. Studies of the High Frontier Global Ballistic Missile Defense IAppendix H. Excerpts From Statements on BMD by Reagan Administration OfficialsAppendix I. List of Reagan Administration Statements on BMDAppendix J. Articles by Critics of the Strategic Defense InitiativeAppendix K. Excerpts From Soviet Statements on BMDAppendix L. References on Strategic Nuclear PolicyAppendix M. References on Soviet Strategic PolicyAppendix N. Glossary of Acronyms and TermsFront matter 2ForewordGlossary of Acronyms and TermsContentsChapter 1. Executive SummaryChapter 2. IntroductionChapter 3. MILSATs, ASATs, and National SecurityChapter 4. ASAT Capabilities and CountermeasuresChapter 5. ASAT Arms Control: HistoryChapter 6. ASAT Arms Control: OptionsChapter 7. Comparative Evaluation of ASAT Policy OptionsAppendix A. Soviet Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of the Use of Force in Outer Space and From Space Against the Earth.
Description:
Main description: To contribute to the worldwide debate on President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, here are two important studies, Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies and Anti-Satellite Weapons, Countermeasures. and Arms Control.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.