Swords into ploughshares Missiles as commercial launchers
Abstract
The signing of an INF arms control treaty in 1987 and the reduction in East-West tension has resulted in a surplus of missiles. Getting rid of them remains a problem, but two distinct initiatives have been advanced in the USA and the USSR for their conversion into low-cost launchers. The author describes these two initiatives and discusses the political and economic issues they raise before speculating on the likelihood of their achievement.
- Publication:
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Space Policy
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0265-9646(91)90025-D
- Bibcode:
- 1991SpPol...7..146P