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The Strategic Defense Initiative in Soviet planning and policy / Benjamin S. Lambeth, Kevin N. Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lambeth, Benjamin S.
- Series:
- R (Rand Corporation)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strategic Defense Initiative.
- Soviet Union--Military policy.
- Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 109 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [1988]
- Summary:
- This report analyzes the nature and depth of Moscow's concern about the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and its implications for future Soviet responses. The authors consider the political-military and technical issues raised for the Soviets by SDI. The study assesses the Soviet declaratory stance on SDI; reviews the evolution and current state of Soviet attitudes toward homeland defense; summarizes key trends in Soviet antiballistic missile and antisatellite technology; considers the actual concerns that may underlie Moscow's propaganda line on SDI; reviews the range of technical responses the Soviets have said they might undertake; and examines the various political, strategic, institutional, and economic determinants that will shape whatever counter-SDI choices the Soviets ultimately adopt.
- Notes:
- "A Project Air Force report prepared for the United States Air Force."
- "January 1988."
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