Small ICBM area narrowing report. Volume 3: Hard silo in patterned array basing mode

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5997025

The purpose of this report is to identify those areas that could potentially support deployment of the Small Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) utilizing basing modes presently considered viable: the Hard Mobile Launcher in Random Movement, the Hard Mobile Launcher at Minuteman Facilities, or the Hard Silo in Patterned Array. Specifically, this report describes the process and the rationale supporting the application of Exclusionary and Evaluative Criteria and lists those locations that were eliminated through the application of these criteria. The remaining locations will be the subject of further investigations.

• Research Organization: Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5997025
• Report Number(s): AD-A-268534/5/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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