NATO Long-Range Theater Nuclear Force Modernization: Rationale and Utility. (Sanitized).
NATO Long-Range Theater Nuclear Force Modernization: Rationale and Utility. (Sanitized).

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Published: 1980

Total Pages: 200

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This report deals with the background and rationale for long-range theater nuclear force (TNF) modernization, the roles and utility of long-range TNFs in NATO strategy, and what NATO can and cannot expect from long-range TNF modernization. It includes supporting analyses of the characteristics, costs, and capabilities of alternative cruise and ballistic missile systems; the worldwide and regional balances of NATO and WARSAW Pact nuclear forces; NATO's long-range TNFs and intercontinental nuclear forces that could survive and be available in a war in Europe; potential arms control constraints on long-range TNF modernization; and British nuclear forces and their relevance to NATO's plans for long-range TNF modernization. Keywords: Nuclear weapons; Force structure planning; Surface to surface missiles; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Cruise missiles; Arms control; Europe; United Kingdom.

Modernizing NATO's Long-range Theater Nuclear Forces
Modernizing NATO's Long-range Theater Nuclear Forces

Author: Thomas L. McNaugher

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Published: 1980

Total Pages: 17

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Meeting in December 1979, the NATO Foreign and Defense Ministers decided to modernize NATO's long-range theater nuclear force (LRTNF) by deploying, in Europe, 108 Pershing II medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) launchers and 464 ground-launched cruise missiles (GLCMs). NATO Secretary General Joseph Luns announced that these systems would be based in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Italy, and the United Kingdom, and possibly Belgium and the Netherlands. Attaching 'great importance to the role of arms control in contributing to a more stable military relationship between East and West and in advancing the process of detente, ' the Ministers emphasized that, in parallel with the deployment decision, they wished to continue arms control efforts designed to achieve 'a more stable overall nuclear balance at lower levels of nuclear weapons, ' to involve theater as well as strategic nuclear forces. A Special Consultative Group was created to continue work on the arms control aspects of the LRTNF issue. With this decision NATO's member states sought to resolve an issue that had been raised nearly three years before, and that had commanded increasing amounts of attention ever since.

Modernizing NATO’s Nuclear Weapons
Modernizing NATO’s Nuclear Weapons

Author: Oliver Ramsbotham

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1989-03-03

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1349198080

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An examination of the current state of nuclear forces which explores the official defence policies of all 16 NATO countries, the rationale behind modernization plans and the opposition to these plans. The author establishes principles to guide continuing controversy in this area.

Theater Nuclear Weapons and the NATO Strategy of Flexible Response
Theater Nuclear Weapons and the NATO Strategy of Flexible Response

Author: J. Michael Legge

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Published: 1983

Total Pages: 112

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After more than a decade of comparatively little public interest in matters of nuclear strategy, the last few years have seen a resurgence of concern about the policy of nuclear deterrence that the North Atlantic Alliance has followed since the early 1950s. In Europe in particular, this concern has centered on the role of theater nuclear weapons in NATO strategy. This report briefly examines the way in which that strategy evolved from the foundation of the Alliance in 1949 to the formal adoption of the current "flexible response" strategy in 1967, with particular reference to the role of theater nuclear weapons. It then traces the development within the NATO Nuclear Planning Group of the more detailed doctrine concerning the role of theater nuclear weapons within the overall strategy, which led inter alia to the decision taken by NATO in 1979 to modernize the long-term component of the theater nuclear forces. The report examines the main arguments that have been advanced against the current flexible response strategy, and considers the merits of various alternative strategies. The report finally considers ways in which the Alliance's theater nuclear stockpile might be adapted to meet the political and strategic needs of the 1980s.

The Environment of the Long-Range Theater Nuclear Force Program, Its Opponents and the Effects of Specifics of the Program on Opposition
The Environment of the Long-Range Theater Nuclear Force Program, Its Opponents and the Effects of Specifics of the Program on Opposition

Author: Frank E. Armbruster

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Published: 1984*

Total Pages: 302

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This report examines West European opposition to the modernization of NATO intermediate range nuclear forces (i.e., the deployment of Pershing-Z ballistic missiles and ground launches cruise missiles). Notable differences between U.S. and European perceptions of the peace movement are discussed. Keywords: Peace movements; Force moderation; Tactical nuclear forces; Theater operation; Western Europe; Foreign policy; Public opinion.