The Place of Limited War in NATO Strategy |
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advantage aggressor air attack air bases air defense air strikes all-out allies American answer argue argument atomic weapons capability in Europe clear and flagrant collective defense collective military effort considerations conventional conventional warfare credibility deterring aggression early NATO planning economies employment expect fissionable material forces in Europe forward strategy frontier hardening and dispersal interest IRBM IRBM's land shield less limited war capability limited war function limited war preparations main deterrent main retaliatory forces massive retaliation military planners missiles mobile Norstad nuclear war nuclear warfare nuclear warheads nuclear weapons numbers objective obviously Polaris political probability of total problem promise proponent of massive prospect provo provocation in Europe question reason reduce the probability requirements response retaliate massively retaliatory power risk Russian Shield forces sizable Soviet provocation Soviet Union stockpile submarines territory theater thermonuclear warhead trip wire troops Tropic of Capricorn utility of Shield vital vulnerability warfare weapon limitations Western