Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Multilateral_Force> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 22 of
22
with 100 items per page.
- Multilateral_Force abstract "The Multilateral Force (MLF) was an American proposal to produce a fleet of submarines and warships, each manned by international NATO crews, and armed with multiple nuclear-armed Polaris ballistic missiles. The proposal was floated by the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.The proposal was inspired by the complaints of NATO countries that the nuclear defense of Europe was beholden to the Americans, who held the bulk of nuclear capability. The result would be a fleet of warships manned and operated by NATO command, instead of an assortment of independent forces ultimately under their own domestic banners. In this way, other NATO powers were theoretically ensured an active role in European defense.The idea of using surface ships as part of the force received criticism in Europe, who felt that surface ships would be vulnerable to attack, while a wholly submarine force would be more difficult to eliminate. President Kennedy argued that using only submarines would defeat the purpose of minimizing American control of the force, as the United States was the primary power capable of building the requisite number of submarines and training their crews. Including surface vessels would allow for greater European involvement in both construction and training, argued Kennedy, who also dismissed the notion that an entire pan-Europe nuclear-armed fleet could be eliminated before any of them could commit retaliatory strikes.The proposal eventually fell flat when American and European differences over basing strategies and financing could not be reconciled. The Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi was actually refitted with four launchers for Polaris missiles. Despite the successful launching tests, the U.S. never went ahead with the MLF. Instead the Italian Government set to develop an indigenous missile, called Alfa, with a successful program, officially halted by Italian Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ratification.The prospect of having Germany in the Multilateral Force was mocked by Tom Lehrer in the satirical song "MLF Lullaby".".
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageExternalLink 003POFO5Pressconference51_03061963.htm.
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageExternalLink JFK+Library+Releases+1963+White+House+Recordings.htm.
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageExternalLink A157573.html.
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageExternalLink present-at-the-undoing.
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=wB7PRY1Aqds.
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageID "1163956".
- Multilateral_Force wikiPageRevisionID "581387064".
- Multilateral_Force hasPhotoCollection Multilateral_Force.
- Multilateral_Force subject Category:Cold_War.
- Multilateral_Force subject Category:NATO_relations.
- Multilateral_Force comment "The Multilateral Force (MLF) was an American proposal to produce a fleet of submarines and warships, each manned by international NATO crews, and armed with multiple nuclear-armed Polaris ballistic missiles. The proposal was floated by the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.The proposal was inspired by the complaints of NATO countries that the nuclear defense of Europe was beholden to the Americans, who held the bulk of nuclear capability.".
- Multilateral_Force label "Multilateral Force".
- Multilateral_Force label "Multilateral Force".
- Multilateral_Force label "多角的核戦力".
- Multilateral_Force sameAs Multilateral_Force.
- Multilateral_Force sameAs 多角的核戦力.
- Multilateral_Force sameAs m.04cmmx.
- Multilateral_Force sameAs Q1952374.
- Multilateral_Force sameAs Q1952374.
- Multilateral_Force wasDerivedFrom Multilateral_Force?oldid=581387064.
- Multilateral_Force isPrimaryTopicOf Multilateral_Force.