Space and Defense
Abstract
A central focus for much of the Cold War was determining what would deter the Soviet Union; this was a topic upon which many of the West’s best and brightest labored to determine. In order to deter the former Soviet Union, a huge intellectual edifice was erected, which helped guide a variety of military programs, including not only the American strategic triad of land-based and sea-based missiles and manned bombers, but tactical nuclear weapons, hardened command and control, and space-based early warning systems. It also incorporated concepts, such as “extended deterrence,” “escalation dominance,” and “mutual assured destruction.”
DOI
10.32873/uno.dc.sd.03.01.1194
Recommended Citation
Cheng, Dean
(2009)
"A Good Starting Point for Deterrence,"
Space and Defense: Vol. 3:
No.
0, Article 5.
DOI: 10.32873/uno.dc.sd.03.01.1194
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https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/spaceanddefense/vol3/iss0/5
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