Dropshot: The United States Plan for War with the Soviet Union in 1957Omhandler den hemmelige amerikanske plan "Dropshot" for global krig mod Sovjetunionen i 1957, udarbejdet i 1949, deklassificeret i 1977. |
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addition air attacks air defense air forces air groups air interdiction air offensive airborne Allied forces AM/AMS approximately armed forces army Atlantic Black Sea bombers British campaign carrier combat aircraft Communist considerable course of action Crete D-Day Dhahran Dropshot economic Editor's Note enemy estimated facilities fighter groups forces required ground forces Hold Iberian peninsula Iceland important industrial initial Iran Iskenderun Italy land launched lines of communication LOCS logistic long-range major maximum Mediterranean Middle East miles military missile months nautical miles naval bases naval forces naval local-defense forces NAVY North Norway offensive operations Okinawa overall strategic concept peninsula percent Phase political ports probably Provide Pyrenees Rhine Rhine-Alps-Piave line Russia sea and air Southeast Asia Soviet and satellite Soviet forces Soviet powers Soviet Union squadrons strategic air submarines Sweden tactical targets threat tion Turkey United Kingdom USSR weapons Western Europe