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Iran's rocket and missile forces and strategic options /
Iran's rocket and missile forces serve a wide range of Iranian strategic objectives. This study examines how Iran's forces and systems are steadily evolving. <br />
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, District of Columbia ; Lanham, Maryland :
Center for Strategic & International Studies : Rowman & Littlefield,
2014.
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| Colección: | CSIS report.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Iran's Rocket and Missile Forces and Strategic Options ; Table of Contents; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; I. IRANIAN POLITICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON IRAN'S MISSILES AND NUCLEARWARHEAD PROGRAMS; II. SETTING THE STAGE: IRAN'S MISSILE AND ROCKET PROGRAMS AND THEIRIMPACT ON THE GULF AND REGIONAL MILITARY BALANCE; THE EVOLVING MIX OF IRANIAN ROCKET AND MISSILE FORCES; THE SCALE AND COST OF THE IRANIAN ROCKET AND MISSILE EFFORT; ROCKETS AND MISSILES AS COMPENSATION FOR IRAN'S WEAKNESSES IN CONVENTIONAL WARFAREAND AS TOOLS IN ASYMMETRIC AND IRREGULAR WARFARE; The Air and Air Defense Balance.
- The Iranian Air Force: A Weak and Aging ForceThe Uncertainties Affecting Iran's Aircraft and Modernization; Iranian Claims Air Modernization and Combat Capability; IRAN'S UNCERTAIN SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE FORCES; Iran's Current Systems; Iran's Newer Systems; Modernization of Current Systems, Upgrades and Tactics; The Ongoing Struggle to Fully Modernize Iran's Surface-to-Air Missile and Surface-Based Missile Defenses; The S300/S400; The Bavar 373, Ra'ad, and S-200 Upgrades; Iran's Strengths and Weaknesses in Fighting a Significant Air War.
- The US, Southern Gulf, and Iran's Capability for Air CombatASYMMETRIC WARFARE AND WARS OF INTIMIDATION; Using Asymmetric Forces to Compensate for Conventional Weakness; Ongoing Developments in Iran's Growing Mix of Asymmetric Warfare Forces; The Limits to Iran's Missile/Asymmetric Capabilities; Linkages to Iran's Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs; III. IRAN'S ARTILLERY ROCKET PROGRAMS; THE IMPACT ON IRAN'S LAND FORCE CAPABILITIES; THE TACTICAL IMPACT OF IRAN'S ARTILLERY ROCKETS; Range and Warhead Capability; Targeting and Battle Damage Assessment Capability; Command and Control.
- THE BROADER STRATEGIC VALUE OF IRAN'S ARTILLERY ROCKETSIV. IRAN'S SHORTER RANGE MISSILES; IRANIAN STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS SHORTER RANGE MISSILE PROGRAMS; KEY ASPECTS OF THE SHORT RANGE MISSILE FORCE; The Performance of Individual Shorter Range Missiles; Zelzal (Earthquake); Fateh-110 (Conqueror); Hormuz-1 and Hormuz-2; Khalij Fars (and Guided Ballistic Missiles); Shahab-1 (Meteor 1); Shahab-2; Qiam; Military Potential and Effectiveness; Attacks Across the Gulf; Volley or Salvo Fire; The Impact of Precision Guidance; Targeting and Battle Damage Assessment Capability; Command and Control.
- v. IRAN'S MEDIUM AND LONG-RANGE MISSILE PROGRAMSUS ASSESSMENTS OF IRAN'S MEDIUM AND LONG RANGE MISSILE PROGRAMS; IRANIAN STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS MEDIUM AND LONGER-RANGE MISSILE PROGRAMS; KEY UNCERTAINTIES IN MAKING AN ASSESSMENT; A Range of Estimates; A Matching Range of Uncertainties; Unrealistic Accuracy Estimates; Nominal Warheads Are Not Real Warheads; ASSESSING IRAN'S INDIVIDUAL LONGER RANGE MRBMS AND IRBMS; Shahab-3; Ghadr-1/F/H; Sejjil-2/Ashura; BM-25; Stacked Threats and Basing on Mobile Launchers and in Silos; IRAN'S POSSIBLE SEARCH FOR AN ICBM; The Space Path to ICBMs?