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Crisis stability and long-range strike : a comparative analysis of fighters, bombers, and missiles / Forrest E. Morgan ; prepared for the United States Air Force.

Title
Crisis stability and long-range strike : a comparative analysis of fighters, bombers, and missiles / Forrest E. Morgan ; prepared for the United States Air Force.
Author
Morgan, Forrest E.
Publication
  • Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
  • ©2013

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Project Air Force (U.S.), sponsoring body.
Description
xxx, 148 pages; 23 cm
Summary
In an international crisis, the United States must balance its threats with restraint while limiting its vulnerability. This study seeks to identify which long-range strike assets offer capabilities most conducive to stabilizing such crises.
Subject
  • Deterrence (Strategy)
  • Intercontinental ballistic missiles > United States
  • Jet fighter planes > United States
  • Military planning > United States
  • Nuclear crisis stability
  • Strategic bombers > United States
  • Strategic forces > United States
  • Strategic weapons systems > United States
Note
  • At head of title: RAND Project Air Force.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148).
Funding (note)
  • Sponsored by the United States Air Force
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Crisis management, crisis stability, and force structure -- Attributes of alternative strike systems -- Strike systems and crisis stability in history -- Building a force for crisis management and structural stability.
ISBN
  • 9780833078452 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0833078453 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2013021777
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library