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- catalog abstract "This report presents a case study of how marginal-cost analysis can be used to influence investment decisions, not only in deciding whether to procure a major weapon system, but also how to invest R & D dollars for maximum potential leverage in the long run. The case involves the strategic defense system that the United States examined in the mid-1980s, following President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech of March 1983. The analysis presented here addresses the relative costs to the defender and the attacker in a race in which attackers added re-entry vehicles and defenders added interceptors. The initial results, based on the technology necessary for near-term deployments (by the year 2004), were very unfavorable. Subsequent analysis considered a variety of plausible technological breakthroughs and highlighted the potential value of what came to be called "brilliant pebbles," although great uncertainty remained about whether a favorable marginal cost ratio could be obtained. While not a complete policy analysis, the study is an important example of systems analysis: it affected policy at the time by tempering the claims of strategic defense enthusiasts and channeling R & D and architecture studies in fruitful directions.".
- catalog contributor b6928633.
- catalog contributor b6928634.
- catalog coverage "United States Military policy.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographic references (p. 49-51).".
- catalog description "This report presents a case study of how marginal-cost analysis can be used to influence investment decisions, not only in deciding whether to procure a major weapon system, but also how to invest R & D dollars for maximum potential leverage in the long run. The case involves the strategic defense system that the United States examined in the mid-1980s, following President Reagan's "Star Wars" speech of March 1983. The analysis presented here addresses the relative costs to the defender and the attacker in a race in which attackers added re-entry vehicles and defenders added interceptors. The initial results, based on the technology necessary for near-term deployments (by the year 2004), were very unfavorable. Subsequent analysis considered a variety of plausible technological breakthroughs and highlighted the potential value of what came to be called "brilliant pebbles," although great uncertainty remained about whether a favorable marginal cost ratio could be obtained. While not a complete policy analysis, the study is an important example of systems analysis: it affected policy at the time by tempering the claims of strategic defense enthusiasts and channeling R & D and architecture studies in fruitful directions.".
- catalog extent "iii, 51 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0833015761".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Santa Monica, CA : Rand,".
- catalog spatial "United States Military policy.".
- catalog subject "Space warfare.".
- catalog subject "Strategic Defense Initiative.".
- catalog subject "T1 .R23 MR-483".
- catalog subject "UG743 .D663 1994".
- catalog title "Star wars : a case study of marginal cost analysis and weapon system technology / George L. Donohue.".
- catalog type "text".