Precision Guided Munitions: Implications for Detente

No consensus has yet developed regarding the meaning or impact of new high-technology tactical weapons systems, either with respect to the military balance in Europe or in the larger context of East-West relations and detente. Some writers believe that a radical shift in the tactical military balanc...

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1. Verfasser:	Atkeson, Edward B
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ANTITANK MISSILES COLLATERAL DAMAGE CONSERVATIVES CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS Defense Systems DETENTE DETERRENCE ESCALATION Government and Political Science GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN) Guided Munitions GUIDED WEAPONS NATO Nuclear Weapons PRECISION-GUIDED MUNITIONS PRECISION-GUIDED WEAPONS PROGRESSIVES RANGE(DISTANCE) REPRINTS SAM(SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES) STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS STRATEGIC WEAPONS SURFACE TO AIR MISSILES TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TACTICAL WEAPONS TOW(TUBE-LAUNCHED OPTICALLY TRACKED WIRE-GUIDED MISSILES) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WARSAW PACT COUNTRIES WESTERN EUROPE WESTERN SECURITY(INTERNATIONAL) YIELD(NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS)
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Zusammenfassung:	No consensus has yet developed regarding the meaning or impact of new high-technology tactical weapons systems, either with respect to the military balance in Europe or in the larger context of East-West relations and detente. Some writers believe that a radical shift in the tactical military balance may be underway, possibly approaching a point of departure from traditional reliance upon nuclear weapons. This article first reviews the time-honored debate over the defensibility of Western Europe without recourse to tactical nuclear weapons. It then introduces the new dimension represented by precision-guided munitions and related technology and identifies the principal intellectual schools which have developed as a result. Finally, it transcends the debate to seek out and to explore the likely implications of the opposing points of view for western security. Published in Parameters, v5 n2, p75-87, 1976.