Stability of missile forces and defenses

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/501513· OSTI ID:501513

Canavan, G H

This note derives the exchange equation for mixes of missiles and defenses and discusses the impact on stability of varying their relative proportions. For fixed offenses increasing defenses decreases stability until first strikes fall to zero. The same is true of decreasing offenses for fixed defenses, although the decrease in indices is smaller. A judicious increase in defenses and decrease in offenses should effect that transition with minimum loss of stability.

• Research Organization: Idaho Executive Office of the Governor, Boise, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 501513
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-97-1223; ON: DE97007225; TRN: 97:004462
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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