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Counterforce and Theater Missile Defense - Can the Army Use an ASW Approach to the Scud Hunt? (Paperback)
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Counterforce and Theater Missile Defense - Can the Army Use an ASW Approach to the Scud Hunt? (Paperback)
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Loot Price R345
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The Gulf War demonstrated that theater missile defense (TMD) will
be an important mission for the U.S. Army and its Patriot defense
system in the years ahead. The author suggests that Army planners
should view TMD not just as a simple tactical problem, but as an
exercise that has important political and strategic ramifications
that cut to the core of U.S. efforts to create and maintain
international coalitions. A factor that will shape the political
and military effectiveness of TMD is the resolution of the
strategic problem of integrating counterforce options, active
defenses and passive defenses. He argues that instead of developing
strategy on an ad hoc basis, the philosophy that influences the
U.S. Navy's approach to anti-submarine warfare (ASW) might serve as
a guide to counterforce operations against mobile missiles.
Counterforce attacks would reduce the tactical problem faced by
Patriot crews, improving the overall performance of TMD. He also
notes that an ASW approach to counterforce should help the United
States achieve its political objectives of alliance formation and
deterrence in the face of regional aggression. To maximize
effectiveness, theater missile defense (TMD) should include
counterforce options, active defenses and passive defenses. During
the Gulf War, however, the integration of these three elements
occurred on an ad hoc basis. To increase the political, strategic
and tactical effectiveness of existing defensive systems in
wartime, Army planners should integrate the three elements of TMD
into an overall strategy. This report describes how the philosophy
that influenced anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations can be used
to guide counterforce attacks against mobile missiles, thereby
improving theater missile defenses. It explains why an ASW approach
to counterforce is superior to just attacking an opponent's missile
infrastructure. It also explains why this type of counterforce
strategy can be based on preemption not preventive war. The impact
of ASW counterforce operations are also evaluated in terms of the
stability-instability paradox, crisis stability, alliance relations
and deterrence.
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