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Author Kearn, David W., author.

Title Facing the missile challenge : U.S. strategy and the future of the INF Treaty / David W. Kearn, Jr.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.

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Contents Introduction -- Recent history of missile proliferation -- Emerging missile threats facing the United States -- The challenge of China's military modernization -- Political/military implications of a U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty -- Potential ways forward for the United States and the future of the INF Treaty -- Appendix A: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty -- Appendix B: The joint Russian-United States statement on the INF Treaty.
Summary The Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), signed in 1987, eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers from the United States and Soviet arsenals. The treaty was a diplomatic watershed, signaling the beginning of the end of the Cold War, and has served as a basis for security and stability of Europe. However, the security environment has changed dramatically in the past twenty years. To develop and deploy a new generation of land-based intermediate-range ballistic missiles, the United States would have to withdraw from the Treaty. Such an action would have significant political and military implications. The study attempts to explore and illuminate some potential responses of critical international actors, such as Russia, China, and America's NATO and East Asian allies, to fully understand the expected costs that may be incurred over time. The study concludes with a consideration of potential ways forward for the United States to provide policymakers with guidance on how to proceed in both diplomatic and political-military terms to best address the missile-proliferation threat.
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Language English.
Subject Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (1987 December 8)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (1987 December 8)
Nuclear nonproliferation -- United States.
Nuclear arms control -- United States.
Security, International.
United States -- Defenses.
United States -- Military policy.
Non-prolifération nucléaire -- États-Unis.
Armes nucléaires -- Contrôle -- États-Unis.
États-Unis -- Défense nationale.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
Military policy
Military readiness
Nuclear arms control
Nuclear nonproliferation
Security, International
United States
Other Form: Print version: Kearn, David W. Facing the missile challenge 9780833076823 (DLC) 2012035421
ISBN 9780833077189 (electronic bk.)
083307718X (electronic bk.)
9780833077165
0833077163
9780833077172
0833077171
9780833076823 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0833076825 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000061154729
GBVCP 1008657670

 
    
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