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Additional authors

1. McMahon, K. Scott,
2. Nacouzi, George,
3. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Description

1. x, 51 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm

Summary

1. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) becomes a greater threat when accompanied by the proliferation of effective means of delivery. The threat of one means of delivery, cruise missiles, will increase if proliferators can acquire effective countermeasures against missile defenses. Such countermeasures, when incorporated in an attacker{u2019}s missile, are known as penetration aids or penaids. As proliferator nations acquire ballistic and cruise missiles for this purpose, it will be important to establish effective measures to counter WMD attacks. This research was designed to assist U.S. agencies charged with generating policies to discourage the proliferation of WMD and cruise missile delivery systems, thereby strengthening deterrence. Specifically, it recommends controls on potential exports of penaid-related items according to the structure of the current international policy against missile proliferation, the Missile Technology Control Regime. The recommendations account for 18 classes of such items and are based on structured interviews with government and nongovernment experts, as well as an independent technical assessment to develop a preliminary characterization of the technologies and equipment most critical to the emerging penaid threat. The project also brought together a selected group of experts to participate in a workshop to review the initial characterization of penaid technologies and equipment. An earlier report by the same authors, Penaid Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of Countermeasures Against Ballistic Missiles (RR-378-DTRA), presented a similar approach to controlling the proliferation of ballistic missile penaids.

Subject

1. Antimissile missiles
2. Arms control
3. Cruise missile
4. Cruise missiles
5. Export controls
6. Technology transfer

Contents

1. Cruise missile penaid nonproliferation -- The missile technology control regime -- Items proposed for penaid export controls -- Implementing penaid export controls -- Concluding observations.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
2. "Prepared for the Naval Postgraduate School, Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD."
3. "RR-743-DTRA"--Page 4 of cover.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51).

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain