Title U.S. conventional prompt global strike : issues for 2008 and beyond / Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability, Naval Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 220 pages) : illustrations (some color) Contents Introduction -- Military issues -- Political, international, policy, and doctrinal issues -- Technology issues -- Assessment of conventional prompt global strike options--synthesis -- Key questions and major findings and recommendations Summary Conventional prompt global strike (CPGS) is a military option under consideration by the US Department of Defense. This book, the final report from the National Research Council's Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability, analyzes proposed CPGS systems and evaluates the potential role CPGS could play in US defense Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Astronautics, Military -- United States Ballistic missile defenses -- United States. Space warfare. Space weapons. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. Astronautics, Military Ballistic missile defenses Military policy Space warfare Space weapons SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Weapons systems -- Evaluation United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780309114608 0309114608

Other Titles United States conventional prompt global strike

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