Crisis stability of space-based defenses
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5254165
Deploying space-based interceptors (SBIs) to defend offensive forces dominated by submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) increases crisis stability. SBIs increase the fraction of land missiles and aircraft that survive the first strike, which is stabilizing. For small numbers of SLBMs, first and second strikes and costs become similar, and stability increases. This note gives numerical and analytic estimates of the crisis stability of SLBM-dominated build downs stabilized with SBIs, using the stability analysis derived in earlier reports.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5254165
- Report Number(s):
- LA-12310-MS; ON: DE92015814
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
450500* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Strategic Defense Initiative-- (1990-)
AIRCRAFT
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
INTERCEPTION
MILITARY STRATEGY
NATIONAL DEFENSE
SHIPS
SPACE WEAPONS
STABILITY
SUBMARINES
WARFARE
450500* -- Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense-- Strategic Defense Initiative-- (1990-)
AIRCRAFT
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
INTERCEPTION
MILITARY STRATEGY
NATIONAL DEFENSE
SHIPS
SPACE WEAPONS
STABILITY
SUBMARINES
WARFARE