DOD, Strategic Offensive Weapons Employment in the Presence of Defenses (WEPS)

Date

June 1968

Document

Description

This report, prepared by the Systems Evaluation Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis, examines force employment during the 1970-1980 time period, particularly the effectiveness of United States offensive strategic weapons given new adversary defense systems and MIRV capabilities. The reports attempts to offer a comprehensive “study program” for the types of data bases and methodologies needed to more effectively evaluate US strategic capabilities.

Citation

“Strategic Offensive Weapons Employment in the Presence of Defenses (WEPS).” Executive Service Directorate. 19 May 2017. http://www.esd.whs.mil/

Provenance

This report is from the Executive Services Directorate

Topics

Document entry started by Max Rizzuto on May 24, 2018. Entry last updated by Mikael Kelly on October 2, 2018.