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ICBM Modernization: Status, Survivable Basing Issues, and Need To Reestablish a National Consensus: NSIAD-86-200

ICBM Modernization: Status, Survivable Basing Issues, and Need To Reestablish a National Consensus: NSIAD-86-200

U. S. Government Accountability Office (G

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General Political Science

ISBN10: 1287181880
ISBN13: 9781287181880
Publisher: Bibliogov
Published: May 16 2013
Pages: 66
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.14 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
GAO reported on the status of the land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Modernization Program, specifically: (1) the deployment of 50 Peacekeeper missiles in existing Minuteman silos; (2) research to determine a survivable basing mode for 50 additional Peacekeeper missiles or other missiles; and (3) the development of a small, single-warhead ICBM.

GAO found that: (1) the Department of Defense (DOD) began studies of a single-warhead small ICBM weighing 37,000 pounds because of a need for increased range and payload flexibility; (2) DOD is studying missile quantities, basing characteristics, and other factors that influence ICBM program costs; (3) the estimated life-cycle cost of 500 such missiles is between $44.8 billion and $52.1 billion; (4) preliminary testing on the missile launcher's ability to adequately survive a nuclear attack is promising; (5) DOD expects to select suitable land for basing by December 1986; and (6) DOD has not specified the ICBM survivability level or whether that level is achievable. GAO also found that: (1) the Air Force is studying eight alternative basing concepts to allow deployment of 50 additional Peacekeeper missiles; (2) the automated total life-cycle cost for the Peacekeeper program is $21 billion; (3) the life-cycle cost estimates for a combined force of 500 small ICBM's and 100 Peacekeepers range from $73 billion to $109 billion; (4) the cost estimate for alternative ICBM forces is not available; (5) DOD is studying the feasibility of developing mobile missiles weighing up to 75,000 pounds with the capability to carry two or three warheads; and (6) Congress linked the Peacekeeper deployment schedule to the small ICBM system.

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