Irans Rocket And Missile Forces And Strategic Options
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Author |
: Anthony H. Cordesman |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 239 |
Release |
: 2015-01-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442240667 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442240660 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Iran's Rocket and Missile Forces and Strategic Options by : Anthony H. Cordesman
Iran’s rocket and missile forces serve a wide range of Iranian strategic objectives. These forces range from relatively short-range artillery rockets that support its ground forces and limit the need for close air support to long-range missiles that can reach any target in the region and the development of booster systems that might give Iran the ability to strike at targets throughout Europe and even in the United States. Iran’s forces and systems are steadily evolving. While the lethality of most current systems is limited by a reliance on conventional warheads, poor accuracy, and uncertain reliability, Iran is developing steadily improved guidance systems, attempting to improve the lethality of its conventional warheads, and has at least studied arming its missiles with nuclear warheads.
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 117 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1128281469 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Iran Military Power by :
Author |
: Gawdat Bahgat |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 303 |
Release |
: 2021-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108476782 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108476783 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis Defending Iran by : Gawdat Bahgat
An authoritative analysis of Iran's defense doctrine and security policies set within the context of security and political relations in the Middle East.
Author |
: Anthony H. Cordesman |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 277 |
Release |
: 2014-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442227941 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144222794X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Gulf Military Balance by : Anthony H. Cordesman
The United States faces major challenges in dealing with Iran, the threat of terrorism, and the tide of political instability in the Arabian Peninsula. The presence of some of the world’s largest reserves of oil and natural gas, vital shipping lanes, and Shia populations throughout the region have made the peninsula the focal point of US and Iranian strategic competition. Moreover, large youth populations, high unemployment rates, and political systems with highly centralized power bases have posed other economic, political, and security challenges that the Gulf states must address and that the United States must take into consideration when forming strategy and policy.
Author |
: Lauren Caston |
Publisher |
: Rand Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 185 |
Release |
: 2014-02-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780833076267 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0833076264 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Future of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force by : Lauren Caston
The authors assess alternatives for a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) across a broad set of potential characteristics and situations. They use the current Minuteman III as a baseline to develop a framework to characterize alternative classes of ICBMs, assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives, and weigh those alternatives against their cost.
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: |
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: Congressional Budget Office |
Total Pages |
: 84 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: PURD:32754081155750 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis Options for Deploying Missile Defenses in Europe by :
Examines the cost and potential defensive capability of the proposed European ground-based midcourse defense system. Also explores alternatives.
Author |
: Norman L. Cigar |
Publisher |
: Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages |
: 42 |
Release |
: 2015-03-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1508766754 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781508766759 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Saudi Arabia's Strategic Rocket Force by : Norman L. Cigar
This book deals with Saudi Arabia's Strategic Rocket Force—the “silent force” because it receives far less publicity than the country's other armed services. The study addressed the decision for the original acquisition of the surface-to-surface missiles (SSM), the doctrine and employment parameters developed, and the current status of the missile force, and forecasts future potential developments and prospect. In particular, the study examines Saudi Arabia's experience with deterrence doctrine, command and control practices, force structure, and considerations of domestic, regional, and international factors with respect to the SSM, which can also provide significant insights into Saudi thinking that could also be applied to understanding that country's behavior in relation to a potential nuclear option at some time in the future. The Strategic Rocket Force has continued to develop over the years, including a reported upgrading of the missile systems in the Saudi arsenal. Any study of SSM in Saudi Arabia must include addressing the issue from Saudi Arabia's own perspective if one is to understand the dynamics which have shaped policy and are likely to indicate future behavior and the study relies heavily on Saudi sources for information. Among the study's conclusions are that Saudi Arabia will continue to view its SSM as a key component of its force structure, with a primary emphasis on deterrence; the apparent recent upgrade in the SSM force, if confirmed, is an additional indication that Saudi Arabia is likely to consider following suit if Iran succeeds in developing a nuclear capability—almost assuredly by direct acquisition of a ready-made capability from abroad, and very likely from Pakistan—especially given the Saudi view of SSM and nuclear weapons as an interrelated package; and that although Saudi Arabia intends its SSMs to have a stabilizing effect in the region by deterring potential aggression and adventurism, such upgraded arsenals also open the way for further arms races and increased regional tensions.
Author |
: Adham Saouli |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2020-03-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780197539996 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0197539998 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (96 Downloads) |
Synopsis Unfulfilled Aspirations by : Adham Saouli
The concepts and theories of what constitutes a 'Middle Power' have played a key part in explaining the identity, behavior and foreign policy roles of many states in the international system, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Brazil. But, with a few exceptions, these frameworks have failed to travel to scholarship on the Middle East, despite the theoretical and empirical potential that they offer for understanding regional dynamics. The first of its kind, this volume addresses that major gap by interrogating the conceptual, theoretical and empirical underpinnings of the concept of 'Middle Power' at a regional level. Composed of nine chapters, Unfulfilled Aspirations offers the conceptual and theoretical tools to examine 'Middle Powerhood' in the Middle East, as well as insightful empirical analyses of both 'traditional' Middle Powers in the region (Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria) and new, aspiring ones (Qatar, the UAE). The contributors reveal that the Middle Powers of the Middle East have failed, despite their best efforts, to fulfill their regional aspirations.
Author |
: Anthony H. Cordesman |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 145 |
Release |
: 2015-03-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442240773 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442240776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Iranian Sea-Air-Missile Threat to Gulf Shipping by : Anthony H. Cordesman
The Arabian Gulf is now involved in a massive arms race, triggered largely by the fear that Iran will try to use its military forces to intimidate or dominate its neighbors. Iran has threatened to close the Gulf and carried out a wide range of large military exercises to show its capabilities. And Iran has steadily increased its ability to exploit the threat of conventional and asymmetric warfare to maritime traffic in the Gulf. The buildup of Iran’s naval, air, and missile capabilities poses a wide range of threats to maritime traffic into and outside of the Gulf.
Author |
: Robert J. Reardon |
Publisher |
: Rand Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 230 |
Release |
: 2012-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780833076359 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0833076353 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Synopsis Containing Iran by : Robert J. Reardon
Iran's nuclear program is one of this century's principal foreign policy challenges. Despite U.S., Israeli, and allied efforts, Iran has an extensive enrichment program and likely has the technical capacity to produce at least one nuclear bomb if it so chose. This study assesses U.S. policy options, identifies a way forward, and considers how the United States might best mitigate the negative international effects of a nuclear-armed Iran.