Open AccessFreedom to mix vulnerable offensive and defensive forces
Author(s) -
G.H. Canavan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/353175
Subject(s) - offensive , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , law and economics , economics , mathematics , operations research , physics , quantum mechanics
The freedom to mix offense and defense to expand without diminishing either side`s second strike capability is shown to be counterproductive at large numbers of missiles; effective at intermediate numbers; and progressively less effective at modest numbers. Solutions are less stable for large second strikes
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