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Title: Maritime strategy and coalition defense: a synthesis for NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) success

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6041399

Maritime strategy is an essential element underpinning the credibility of the NATO alliance. Far from hampering continental defense, the strategy enhances the deterrent posture and, should deterrence fail, increases the prospects for both preserving NATO allies and for ending hostilities on favorable terms. Execution of the global-war portion of the maritime strategy would almost certainly occur as part of a NATO defensive effort against Warsaw Pact aggression. Also, discussions about the feasibility of executing the maritime strategy have attempted to compare the us national force structure and capabilities to that of the Soviets.

Research Organization:
Naval War Coll., Newport, RI (USA)
OSTI ID:
6041399
Report Number(s):
AD-A-184313/5/XAB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English