This book focuses on means for strengthening deterrence and defense by exploiting advances in military technology in Europe. It reviews the Soviet strategy and operational concepts, their vulnerabilities, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization missions required to exploit them.
Preface -- Foreword -- ESECS Concepts for Improving NATO Deterrence and Defense -- Surveillance and Target Acquisition -- Defeating the Initial Warsaw Pact Attacks -- Countering the Warsaw Pact Air Offensive -- Defeating the Warsaw Pact Follow-on Ground Forces Threat -- Disrupting Warsaw Pact Command/Control Processes -- Ensuring Secure, Reliable and Effective Command/Control -- Costs and Schedules -- Stability, Reassurance and Arms Control -- Summary of Conclusions -- Steering Group Members -- Glossary -- Notes On Sources
Andrew J. Goodpaster, Franz-Joseph Schulze
