The Utility of Conventional Ballistic Missiles in Asymmetric Warfare

<p>The National Security Strategy sets forth the President's objectives for creating the roadmap for the Department of Defense (DoD) to follow in its military strategy. The Quadrennial Defense Review translates this strategy into an operationalized framework on which to focus. The DoD utilizes the framework to transform toward greater unity of effort effects-based operations and flexible options at the President's disposal. Nuclear deterrence remains a necessary strategy but now there exists a need to provide the same benefits nuclear deterrence offers in relation to a paradigm shift toward terrorist activity insurgency operations and asymmetric warfare. The key to applying deterrence in a non-nuclear setting is to reevaluate the application of deterrence. We must consider and execute future operations not from purely a reactive policy but also a proactive one. Emerging threats further convolute the situational awareness as they force the United States to define the point where action must be taken to protect its allies interests and homeland.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>