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Author Caston, Lauren, author.

Title The future of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force / Lauren Caston, Robert S. Leonard, Christopher A. Mouton, Chad J.R. Ohlandt, S. Craig Moore, Raymond E. Conley, Glenn Buchan ; prepared for the United States Air Force.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 156 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series RAND Corporation monograph series
Rand Project Air Force
Rand Corporation monograph series.
Project Air Force report.
Note "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited."
Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed November 5, 2014).
Summary In the lead-up to the Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Analysis of Alternatives, RAND was asked to examine and assess possible intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) alternatives against the current Minuteman III system and to provide insights into the potential impact of further force reductions. The researchers developed a framework consisting of five categories - basing, propulsion, boost, reentry, and payload - to characterize alternative classes of ICBM and to assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives. Using existing cost analyses and cost data from historical ICBM programs, they derived likely cost bounds on alternative classes of ICBM systems. Finally, they developed force reduction scenarios, examined their impacts on several key nuclear specialty career fields to understand the implications of reductions on the current organizational structure, and compared sustainment and requirement profiles within the various reduction scenarios.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-156).
Contents Roles of Strategic Nuclear Forces -- A Framework for ICBM Design Decisions -- ICBM Basing -- Effectiveness and Lethality -- The Cost of ICBM Alternatives -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Manpower Thresholds.
Subject Intercontinental ballistic missiles -- United States.
Minuteman (Missile)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Intercontinental ballistic missiles. (OCoLC)fst00976058
Minuteman (Missile) (OCoLC)fst01023515
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Rand Corporation.
Other Form: Print version: Caston, Lauren. Future of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014] 9780833076236 (DLC) 2014002883 (OCoLC)868648624
ISBN 9780833076281 (electronic bk.)
0833076280 (electronic bk.)
083307623X (electronic bk.)
9780833076236 (electronic bk.)
9780833076267 (electronic bk.)
0833076264 (electronic bk.)
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