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Attack and defense of ICBMs deceptively based in a number of identical areas

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  • Jerome Bracken
  • Peter S. Brooks

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On‐site verification of ICBMs in the context of an arms control agreement might involve a situation where an inspector would choose one or more of a number of identical areas to inspect and would have confidence that the other areas had the same characteristics. This article considers optimal attack and defense of missiles deceptively based in a number of identical areas. The attacker may allocate warheads across areas as he desires and uniformly within areas. The defender may allocate interceptors across areas as he desires and either uniformly or preferentially within areas. The effect of restricting the defender to uniform allocation across areas is explored for various assumptions. Robustness of surviving missiles with respect to the number of attacking warheads is studied. Results are presented for a wide range of cases.

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  • Jerome Bracken & Peter S. Brooks, 1985. "Attack and defense of ICBMs deceptively based in a number of identical areas," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 32(2), pages 193-207, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:navlog:v:32:y:1985:i:2:p:193-207
    DOI: 10.1002/nav.3800320202
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    1. Dhaifalla K. Al‐Mutairi & Richard M. Soland, 2005. "Attrition through a partially coordinated area defense," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 52(1), pages 74-81, February.
    2. Jerome Bracken & Peter S. Brooks & James E. Falk, 1987. "Robust preallocated preferential defense," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(1), pages 1-22, February.

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