Counterforce targeting capabilities and challenges
By: by Barry R. Schneider
Contributors: USAF Counterproliferation Center
Series: Counterproliferation papers -- no. 22
Publisher: USAF Counterproliferation Center, Air University
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 42
Subjects: Weapons of mass destruction -- Government policy -- United States; Target acquisition
Notes: "August 2004"--Added t.p

Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-42)

King copy given by AWC/CPC
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction; title: II. The ideal counterforce capability; title: III. The revolution in accuracy; title: IV. Implications of stealth for counterforce targeting; title: V. Solving the challenge of hardened deeply buried targets; title: VI. Solving the challenge of targeting mobile missile launchers; title: VII. U.S. scud hunt needs and shortfalls; title: VIII. Solving the challenge of targeting WMD assets: thermobaric (TB) and agent defeat weapons (ADWs); title: IX. Counterforce science and technology report; title: X. Counterforce targeting planning tools; title: XI. Counterforce employment and preemption decisions; title: XII. Counterforce: the way ahead