During the past two decades ballistic missile proliferation has raised a new threat for an operational commander to consider when preparing for and conducting operations in a potential or actual theater of war. Regional third world ballistic missile capable states and continuing improvements in missile system capabilities will threaten the security of rear areas as well as front line units. While today's third world missile systems are relatively ineffective in terms of military importance, Desert Storm demonstrated the enormous political and psychological leverage these weapon systems can create. The purpose of this paper is to examine the growing threat posed by third world ballistic missiles and their impact in possible future conflicts. The paper first covers present third world capabilities and then considers possible future developments in the areas of missile inventories, missile accuracy, targeting accuracy, warhead development and access to space. The paper then looks at the options available to an operational commander and possible responses to counter the threat. Threat, Proliferation, Third hird world capabilities, Trends, Assessment, Effectiveness.


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    Titel :

    Third World Ballistic Missile Proliferation and the Challenge to the Operational Commander


    Beteiligte:
    W. E. Cook (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1993


    Format / Umfang :

    34 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch