The strategic balance, the MX-system and deficiencies in the SALT Treaty
Abstract
The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty project SALT 2 is shown to have fundamental deficiencies. An asymetric development of the USA's and the USSR's strategic forces and their military doctrines led to increasing vulnerability of these forces. According to the American intimidation theory, nonvulnerable retaliation forces are a precondition for strategic stability, therefore the USA developed the MX-system, a more reliable land-based system for intercontinental missiles. The characteristics of the MX are not definitely defined yet.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- April 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982STIN...8416235K
- Keywords:
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- Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles;
- Investigation;
- Missile Systems;
- Vulnerability;
- Armed Forces (Foreign);
- Armed Forces (United States);
- Defense Program;
- Disarmament;
- International Cooperation;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles