Stability and Strategic DefensesJack N. Barkenbus, Alvin Martin Weinberg |
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A Synthesis of StabilityTransition Findings | 8 |
The Transition and the Reagan Administration | 24 |
Strategic Defenses and | 40 |
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ABM treaty aimpoints air defense arms control assumed ballistic missile defenses ballistic missile retaliatory bomber calculations counterforce countervalue crisis stability curve damage defense domain defense effectiveness defense transition defense-suppression forces deployed desired reserve effectiveness of defense expected value Figure first-strike incentive first-strike instability first-strike stability Flexible Response force postures ICBM RVs incentive to strike increase interceptors killer RVs launch level of defense level of deterrence military targets MIRVing missile retaliatory capability Mutual Assured Survival mutual deterrence nationwide defenses NATO nontargetable RVs nuclear forces nuclear weapons on-station RVs opponent's percent planner Potential in RVs random subtractive mode reduce regions of first-strike retaliation RVs are killers scenario side side's silos SLBM Soviet attack Soviet ballistic missile Soviet conditional survival Soviet Defense Potential Soviet ICBM Soviet Union Strategic Defense Initiative strategic defenses strategic offensive forces superpowers terminal BMD United States defense United States ICBM warheads zone of mutual