The Technology, Strategy, And Politics Of Sdi
The Technology, Strategy, And Politics Of Sdi

Author: Stephen J Cimbala

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-25

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1000306224

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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) to develop a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system has both short-range and long-range risks as well as potential benefits. For the most part, however, strategic, technological, and political issues relevant to SDI have been analyzed in isolation from one another. This book provides a more inclusive framework for assessing the possible development and deployment of a BMD system by the United States or the Soviet Union. Contributors discuss the risks for arms race stability, probable reactions of the Soviet Union to any U.S. space-based defense system, and implications for the stability of extended deterrence commitments to NATO European allies. They also evaluate Soviet research and development programs in missile defense that must be considered in any extrapolation of the requirements for U.S. deterrence in the next several decades.

SDI
SDI

Author: United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan)

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 6

ISBN-13:

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Sdi And European Security
Sdi And European Security

Author: Regina Cowen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-09-16

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1000310957

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Originally published in 1987. European concerns about strategic defense and its impact on the stability of the East-West strategic balance have been the subject of frequent and lively discussion at the Institute for East-West Security Studies in the more than four years since President Reagan announced his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) in Marc

The Strategic Defence Initiative
The Strategic Defence Initiative

Author: Mira Duric

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1351881507

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Central to US foreign policy, the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) was launched by Ronald Reagan in 1983. While the Reagan administration failed to deploy the SDI system, it featured prominently in the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union. This insightful book examines SDI and the Reagan administration through an evaluation of the role of the SDI in the end of the Cold War. Presenting an extensive range of primary and secondary material together with interviews, the book will be welcomed by academics and upper level students interested in politics and history.

SDI Program
SDI Program

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Defense Policy Panel

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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The Soviet Union and the Strategic Defense Initiative
The Soviet Union and the Strategic Defense Initiative

Author: Benjamin S. Lambeth

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 55

ISBN-13:

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"This Note provides a background against which to evaluate possible Soviet alternatives for dealing with the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) in the decade ahead. Without speculating about what the Soviets will ultimately do in response to SDI, the Note (1) examines Moscow's statements on SDI to date, (2) reviews the highlights of Soviet doctrine and programs related to strategic defense, (3) considers the real concerns that may underlie the Kremlin's public posturing on SDI, and (4) outlines the key political and strategic factors that will constrain the Soviets' eventual response. The author suggests that, assuming SDI does lead to a deployable U.S. ballistic missile defense, the Soviets will be driven to counter that threat within the limits of their economic and technical resources. Forecasting the technical details of their response at this time, however, is complicated by uncertainty not only about Soviet concerns, motivations, and intentions, but also about what the United States will eventually do with SDI."--Rand abstracts.