Observations on the feasibility and survivability of near-term strategic defenses
Abstract
This paper reviews a possible early (mid-1990s) missile defense system utilizing space-based components and employs some elementary considerations to evaluate its usefulness. Topics covered include timelines for intercepts, system mass in orbit, U.S. launch capability, survivability, and some countermeasures. This review concludes that a degreee of skepticism is warranted.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Arms Technologies in the 1990s
- Pub Date:
- December 1988
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.37830
- Bibcode:
- 1988AIPC..178..244F
- Keywords:
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- 01.75.+m;
- 95.40.+s;
- Science and society;
- Artificial Earth satellites