Strategic Futures

Evolving Missions for Traditional Strategic Delivery Vehicles

Richard Mesic, Roger C. Molander, Peter A. Wilson

ResearchPublished 1995

This report addresses the post-Cold War use of traditional U.S. strategic nuclear forces (nuclear-armed long-range bombers, ICBMs, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles) from three perspectives: top-down (strategies to tasks), bottom-up (technological opportunities--today and tomorrow), and policy (how policy can affect R&D, acquisition, and counterproliferation strategy alternatives). The problem then is to converge on technological initiatives from a strategic and policy perspective, including directions for future work. The authors examine the potential contribution of advanced technology for U.S. long-range strategic nuclear forces that may have counterproliferation missions as well as traditional ones.

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  • Year: 1995
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Mesic, Richard, Roger C. Molander, and Peter A. Wilson, Strategic Futures: Evolving Missions for Traditional Strategic Delivery Vehicles, RAND Corporation, MR-375-DAG, 1995. As of September 11, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR375.html
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Mesic, Richard, Roger C. Molander, and Peter A. Wilson, Strategic Futures: Evolving Missions for Traditional Strategic Delivery Vehicles. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1995. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR375.html. Also available in print form.
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