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U.S. conventional prompt global strike : issues for 2008 and beyond / Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability, Naval Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council (U.S.) Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability., Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronautics, Military--United States.
- Astronautics, Military.
- Ballistic missile defenses--United States.
- Ballistic missile defenses.
- Space warfare.
- Space weapons.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Other Title:
- United States conventional prompt global strike
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) is a military option under consideration by the US Department of Defense. This book, the final report from the National Research Council's Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability, analyzes proposed CPGS systems and evaluates the potential role CPGS could play in US defense.
- Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Military Issues""; ""3 Political, International, Policy, and Doctrinal Issues""; ""4 Technology Issues""; ""5 Assessment of Conventional Prompt Global Strike Options�Synthesis""; ""6 Key Questions and Major Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Appendix B: Letter from Senators Inouye and Stevens""; ""Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Appendix D: Statement of Task and Congressional Language""; ""Appendix E: Interim Letter Report to Congress""
- ""Appendix F: Summary of Committee Meeting Agendas""""Appendix G: The Why and How of Boost-Glide Systems""; ""Appendix H: Cooperative Reduction of Nuclear Ambiguity""; ""Appendix I: The Minuteman Option""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611973049
- 9780309185882
- 0309185882
- 9781281973047
- 1281973041
- 9780309114608
- 0309114608
- OCLC:
- 923279828
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