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Bomber Options for Replacing B52s
Date: June 17, 1981
Creator: Mitchell, Douglas D
Description: One of the main issues discussed in this report is the replacement of the B-52 bombers, due to the fact that many believe that by 1990, the B-52's vulnerability to improving Soviet air defenses will imperil its effectiveness as a penetrating bomber.
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Trends in Conventional Arms Transfers to the Third World by Major Supplier, 1980-1987
Date: May 9, 1988
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F
Description: None
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Trends in Conventional Arms Transfers to the Third World by Major Supplier, 1980-1987
Date: May 9, 1988
Creator: Grimmett, Richard F
Description: None
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Assessing the Options for Preserving ICBM Survivability
Date: September 28, 1981
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Description: The decision on how to redress the perceived vulnerability of U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS) is the most controversial strategic nuclear weapon decision now facing the 97th Congress. A full-scale debate on this issue, especially as regards MX missile basing, seems certain. To assist Members of Congress in the debate, this paper discusses nine proposals for treating ICBM survivability: Recognize that ICBMs are invulnerable, rely only on bombers and submarines for deterrence, deploy a large or scaled-down shell-game multiple shelter system, defend MX with anti ballistic missiles, launch ICBMs on warning of attack, deploy MX on aircraft or small submarines, and diversify strategic forces, perhaps using small ICBMs.
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The Strategic Defense Initiative: Program Description and Major Issues
Date: January 7, 1986
Creator: DiMaggio, Cosmo
Description: None
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Antisatellites (Killer Satellites)
Date: March 21, 1983
Creator: Smith, Marcia S
Description: This issue brief discusses "killer satellites," the unofficial moniker for antisatellite (ASAT) missiles possessed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as U.S. efforts to develop ASAT systems and simultaneously limit their development and use.
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Cost Overruns in Major Weapon Systems: Current Dimensions of a Longstanding Problem
Date: October 15, 1983
Creator: Lockwood, David E
Description: This paper reviews the initiatives of the Reagan Administration to control cost overruns during the last 2 and a half years and the actions taken by the Congress to strengthen its oversight role. Particular attention is directed at the critical need to enhance management incentive and accountability at all level of the acquisition process. If recently instituted reform in the Department of Defense fail to control cost overruns, pressure may grow for a more sweeping and radical approach. Serious consideration in such an event might even be given to removing responsibility for weapons acquisition management for the military service and assigning it to a civilian-operated supply agency.
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U.S. Strategic Nuclear Force Options
Date: December 3, 1981
Creator: Collins, John M
Description: None
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The MX Basing Debate: The Reagan Plan and Alternatives
Date: November 2, 1981
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Description: None
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MX Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Program
Date: December 14, 1981
Creator: Medalia, Jonathan
Description: None
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