Political considerations in developing measures of effectiveness for strategic defense. Master's thesis
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5381088
This thesis develops a Measure of Effectiveness (MOE) for strategic defenses from open source political literature. The doctrines and strategic nuclear force structures of the United States and the Soviet Union are examined to illuminate the primary challenges to the U.S. system of strategic defense for the protection of U.S. retaliatory nuclear forces (counterforce enhancement). The degree of effectiveness that a counterforce-enhancing system of strategic defense must meet is established through the definition of minimal retaliatory assets required to effect U.S. targeting plans. Finally, the conclusions and findings of this research are presented in a summary chapter.
- Research Organization:
- Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5381088
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-168445/5/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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