---------ARMS RACE AND PROLIFERATION------------
1942 Teller Nuclear Bomb vs Oppenheimer
------1948 US First IC-Bomber ; Build many Strategic bombers
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------1950 USSR Antiaircraft Defense
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------1955 USSR only 10 TU-95 Fool Hi # Airshow -> 580 B52s , 1500 B-47
1955 USSR First IC-Bomber
1955 US First Nuclear Sub (SSN)
1956 USSR Khrushchev ; US Doctrine :"Massive Retalliation" (Credible)
1957 USSR First ICBM (SS-7)
1958 US First ICBM Liquid Fuel (Atlas + Titan I-II ICBM)
1959 USSR First Nuclear Sub (SSN)
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------US ECM by Bombers, US Low-level penetration , ALCM-TERCOM
1957 USSR First Orbiting Satellite (Sputnik)
1958 US First Orbiting Satellite
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------1960 USSR Claim Tallinn ABM (ploy) -> No AA System
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------1960's US Buildup
1960 US First >Mach 1 Bomber
1960 US First SLBM
1964 US First MRV
1968 US First ABM
1968 USSR First MRV
1968 USSR First SLBM (Achieves Parity ICBM+Harden SILO)
1960s USSR Parity->LO Credibility of US C/F
HI C/F -> LO 2nd -> Destabilizing
1960 US Kennedy (Triad Doctrine)SLBM,ALCM,ICBM
1960 U2 Info of Missile Deployment
1960 US Polaris Sub Fleet (A-1,A-3); B52 production
1961 US Spy Satellites
1962 US Solid Fueled Minuteman I
10/1962 Cuban Missile Crisis - USSR Bluff has > # missiles
Get closer range since HI CEP
c1965 USSR HI # ICBM Build
c1965 US MAD Doctrine
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------ICBM Build up by USSR (Ack Behind in bombers)
<1970 -> Kill % Low (HI CEP)
>1970 -> Kill % ok (OK CEP) - Silobusting
1970s US LRCM, MIRVING, Enh Radiation Warheads , HI Accuracy
1970s US Nixon - SALT - Detente - Harmony accommodation
1970s US & USSR 1) Modernize (LO CEP;HI Yield) 2) MIRV 3) ALCM
1970s US Minutemen II -> III -> IIIa
1970s US Harden -> SuperHarden (3000PSI) Silos
1970s US Polaris (A-3)-> Poseidon (C-3)(repl) -> Trident (C-4,D-5)(dev)
1970s US Stop prod. B-52s
1970s US Develop B-1 + MX
1970s USSR ICBMs SS-17s SS-18s SS-19s
1970s USSR MRCM SS-20
1970s USSR Improve SLBM
1970s USSR Backfire bomber
c1976 USSR Delta class ( ~Poseidon SS-8,SS-N-18, SS-N-23)
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------US -> MIRVING, US ABM, Poseidon , Minutemen III
1970 US First MIRV
1972 USSR First ABM
1975 USSR First >Mach 1 Bomber
1975 USSR First MIRV
1981 US First Enriched Radiation Weapon (Neutron Bomb)
1986 USSR SS-X-24
1986 US Deploy MX
1980s USSR SS25 Solid Fueled ICBM (Modified SS-13)
1980s US 12 poseidon w/ trident I (C-4) last polaris sub retired
c1986 USSR Typhoons (SS-N-20)
c1986 US B-1B ALCM, SDI,
c1986 USSR Blackjack
1989 US Trident II MARV D-5 on Trident Subs
1992 US Midget Man
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| MISSILE |CEP,m| WarHd
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<1960|TITAN II |1300 |1x7.4Mt ICBM Liquid RV 7200miles
1963|MINUTEMAN I |1850 |1x1.3Mt ICBM Solid RV 7500miles
1966|MINUTEMAN II | 463 |1x1.1Mt ICBM Solid RV (Silobuster)
1970|MINUTEMAN III | 277 |3x170kt ICBM Solid MIRV 8000miles
1977|MINUTEMAN IIIA | 220 |3x335kt ICBM Solid MIRV 8000miles
1986|MX/Peacekeeper | 90 |10x335kt ICBM Solid MIRV 6900mi $123mil
1992|MIDGETMAN | - |1x500kt ICBM Solid HML $53mil Road Mobile
1960|POLARIS (A-1,A-3) | - |1x800kt SLBM Solid RV
1971|POSEIDON (C-3) | 460 |10x50kt SLBM Solid MIRV 3230mi
1979|TRIDENT I (C-4) | 460 |8x100kt SLBM Solid MIRV 4800mi $19mil
1989|TRIDENT II (D-5) | 130 |8x475kt SLBM Solid MARV 5940mi $50mil
1983|ALCM | 90 | 200kt ALCM Solid AL 1560mi $2.7mil
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1968|SS-11 Sego |1400 |1x950kt ICBM Solid RV 5900miles
1968|SS-13 Savage |1850 |1x600kt ICBM Solid RV 5000miles
1975|SS-17 | 444 |4x750kt ICBM Liquid MIRV 5400mi
1976|SS-18 | 250 |9x500kt ICBM Liquid MIRV (Silobuster) 5400mi
1975|SS-19 | 300 |6x550kt ICBM Liquid MIRV 5200mi
1987|SS-25 | 190 |1x500kt ICBM Liquid ----
1968|SS-N-6 Sawfly |1852 |1x750kt SLBM Liquid RV 1300mi
1970|SS-N-8 |1555 |1x750kt SLBM Liquid RV 4900mi
1978|SS-N-17 | 1400|1x1Mt SLBM Liquid RV 2100mi
1979|SS-N-18 |1407 |7x500kt SLBM Solid MIRV 4300mi
1985|SS-N-20 | 560 |9x100kt SLBM Solid MIRV 4500mi
1987|SS-N-23 | 560 | x100kt SLBM MIRV
1985|ALCM | 90 |1x200kt ALCM ----
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---------TRIAD----------------------------------
1. Nukes - CEP, Range, Yield, MRV->MIRV->MARV, %Silobusting
2. C3I - 1. Warning Sensors
a. Vela Sensors, b. DEW/BMEWS/PAVE/PAWS/PARCS, c. IR - Plume
d. GEO Satellite (USSR, Pacific,Atlantic)
- 2. Command Posts
a. NORAD, Co b. NEACPs c. Looking Glass - SAC Plane
- 3. Communication Systems
a. WWMCCS b. Telephone c. Underwater Cables d. Fiberoptic Tubes
e. Radiosystems - LF, UHF f. 18 NAVSTAR GPS Satellites
g. IONDS - Detect Boom h. AntiSat (ASAT) War i. EMP (Goldeneye)
3. Delivery System - SLBM - BOMBER - ICBM (Triad)
---------STRATEGIC DOCTRINE---------------------
Strategies Massive retalliation | Strategic Bomber
Assured Destruction | ICBM
C/F | LO CEP
Deterrance | MIRV
Limited Scenarios | MARV
USSR - > Very large thermonukes
Fractional Orbital Bombardment systems
Reusable ICBM Silos