U.S. and Soviet strategic command and control
Subtitle: implications for a protracted nuclear war
By: Kirk S. Lippold
Contributors: Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.).   Command, Control and Communications Academic Group
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
Description: This thesis will address the relative ability of the command and control systems of the United States and Soviet Union to support a protracted nuclear war. It covers the development and structure of the command and control organizations used to support the respective National Command Authorities. In discussing these organizations, the various systems supporting the command and control apparatus will also be covered. This includes the threat warning and attack assessment equipment used to determine strategic and tactical warning and the communications equipment used to alert forces of increased readiness and the conduct of nuclear strikes if required. The technical factors associated with the performance of C3 in a nuclear environment will also be covered. The result is a net assessment of the two command and control systems that highlights the strengths and weaknesses inherent in each. Recommendations to help enhance the United States' position regarding this national security issue are also developed. Keywords: Military thesis; Command and control; C2; Command control and communications; C3; Command control communications and Intelligence; C3I; Nuclear war; Nuclear conflict.
Notes: Thesis advisor: Kartchner, Kerry M. ; Second Reader: Taylor, James G.

"March 1989."

Author(s) subject terms: Command and Control; C2; Command Control and Communications;C3; Command Control,- Communications and Intelligence, C3I; Nuclear War; Nuclear Conflict Protracted Nuclear War, C3 Modernization, C3 Survivability, C3 Vulnerability, Presidential Directive 59, PD-59, National Security Decision Directive 13, NSDD-13, Strategic Modernization Program.

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DTIC Descriptor(s): Command And Control Systems,  Nuclear Warfare,  Attack, Communication And Radio Systems,  Communication Equipment,  Environments, National Security, Nets, Nuclear Explosions,  Position Location, Strategic Warning,  Tactical Warning,  Theses,  Threats,  United States, USSR, Warning Systems

DTIC Identifier(s): IDE: C3I(Command Control Communication and Intelligence), C2(Command and Control).

US Navy (USN) author.

Thesis (M.S. in Systems Technology (Command, Control, and Communications)) : Naval Postgraduate School, March 1989.

Bibliographic references: (p. 139-146).

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