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1 online resource (xxi, 113 pages : illustrations (some color)). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Technical report ; TR-1268-TSF
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Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1268-TSF.
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| Note |
"Supported by the Stanton Foundation." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113). |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Missile basics -- The problem -- Defining five hypotheses about the North Korean program -- What we know -- Consistency check -- Discussion -- What we would like to know -- Conclusions. |
| Summary |
The security community generally believes that North Korea acquired Soviet guided ballistic missiles from Egypt in the 1980s, reverse engineered them, and has indigenously produced and deployed in North Korea perhaps 1,000 ballistic missiles of various types. This report questions this common view and seeks to better characterize the North Korean missile threat. The author compares the available data on the North Korean missile program against five hypotheses about the program's origins, sophistication, and scale, highlighting inconsistencies. The author finds that the most plausible characterization of the North Korean missile program is what he terms the "Bluff" hypothesis: The main purpose of the program is political -- to create the impression of a serious missile threat and thereby gain strategic leverage, fortify the North Korean regime's domestic power, and deter other countries, particularly the Republic of Korea and the United States, from military action. The author maintains that the North Korean missile program's operational readiness seems to be secondary, and that therefore the threat posed by it has been exaggerated. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Korea (North)
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Korea (North) |
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Ballistic missiles -- Korea (North)
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Ballistic missiles. |
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Strategic culture -- Korea (North)
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Strategic culture. |
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Korea (North) -- Strategic aspects.
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Korea (North) -- Military policy.
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Military policy. |
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Korea (North) -- Foreign relations.
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International relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schiller, Markus, 1979- Characterizing the North Korean nuclear missile threat 9780833076212 (DLC) 2012038343 |
| ISBN |
9780833076496 electronic book |
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0833076493 electronic book |
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9780833076472 electronic book |
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0833076477 electronic book |
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9780833076489 |
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0833076485 |
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9780833076212 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0833076213 |
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