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Radical Responses to Radical Regimes - Evaluating Preemptive Counter-Proliferation: Institute for National Strategic Studies McNair Paper 41 (Paperback)
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Radical Responses to Radical Regimes - Evaluating Preemptive Counter-Proliferation: Institute for National Strategic Studies McNair Paper 41 (Paperback)
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On December 7, 1993, Secretary of Defense Les Aspin announced that
the United States was adding a military dimension to its fight to
prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The new
program, called the Counter-Proliferation Initiative (CPI),
provides funding to prepare for combating foes with nuclear,
biological, and chemical (NBC) and missile weapons on future
battlefields, improves monitoring for locating rival NBC/missile
programs, improves theater defenses, and develops weapons capable
of penetrating and destroying underground facilities. US efforts
will include a diplomatic offensive to persuade US allies to take
similar counter-proliferation steps. The central thrust of the CPI
is to prepare US and allied forces for dealing with future enemies
on the battlefield who are armed with weapons of mass destruction.
An important secondary thrust of the CPI is to provide the
Commander-in-Chief with the tools to disarm an adversary
unilaterally if necessary, before the adversary can initiate the
use of WMD in situations where we are on a collision course with
such an enemy and no alternative course seems feasible. Numerous
preemptive counter-proliferation strikes have taken place since
1940. Allied air forces and special operations forces destroyed
German nuclear facilities and heavy water supplies that were an
integral part of the Nazi A-bomb research effort. US bombers also
destroyed the most important Japanese nuclear research laboratory
in Tokyo at the end of WWII. Other raids include: Iran versus Iraq
in 1980, Israel versus Iraq in 1981, Iraq versus Iran with seven
raids from 1984 to 9188, and the US-led coalition versus Iraq in
1991. When deciding whether or not to use military action to remove
a WMD capacity from a rival state, it is important that decision
makers address a number of key questions, and ensure that answers
to each are positive, before making PCP decisions: is the enemy
undeterrable, violent, and a risk taker? Is the enemy on the WMD
threshold or beyond it? Are vital US interest threatened? Are key
enemy targets precisely located and vulnerable? Is surprise
achievable? Does the US have a first strike capability? Is the US
homeland safe from enemy WMD? Would the US and its allies be safe
from retaliation from the WMD of third parties? Have all
non-military options been exhausted before considering preemption?
Does the US have clear objectives achievable by appropriate means?
Is the US committing enough resources and is it taking all
necessary steps to insure victory? Finally, a note of caution, PCP
strikes against states armed with WMD had better work completely or
they could spell disaster for the initiator.
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