The U.S. Non-nuclear Missiles, Regional Missile Defense Systems, and the INF Treaty Collapse

Krivolapov, Oleg O.

doi:10.7868/S2712910125030017

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S27129101S0869049925030017-1

DOI

10.7868/S2712910125030017

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Article

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Published

Authors

Oleg O. Krivolapov

Occupation: Candidate of Sciences (Political Science), Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation: Georgy Arbatov Institute for the U.S. and Canada studies

Volume/ Edition

Volume / Issue number 3

Pages

7-19

Abstract

The U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty and the return of great power competition are among the factors that have ensured Washington’s development of long-range non-nuclear offensive weapons. In turn, the development of regional missile defense has been going on in parallel since the 1990s. The purpose of this article is to determine the specifics of the relationship between U.S. policies on the development of non-nuclear offensive missiles and regional missile defense. This study is necessary to understand the prospects for development of the segments of U.S. military policy responsible for projecting American military power in key regions. A thorough review is provided of three levels of integration of offensive and defensive missile systems: doctrinal, programmatic, technical. It is concluded that the relationship under study began at the level of doctrinal documents of the U.S. military and political leadership, and then proceeded more at the technical level than at the programmatic one.

Keywords

наступательные ракеты неядерные высокоточные вооружения большой дальности гиперзвуковые вооружения ракеты средней и меньшей дальности региональная противоракетная оборона противоракетная оборона театра военных действий интеграция

Date of publication

06.06.2025

Year of publication

2025

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MLA	Krivolapov, Oleg O "The U.S. Non-nuclear Missiles, Regional Missile Defense Systems, and the INF Treaty Collapse." Obshchestvennye nauki i sovremennost. 3 (2025).:7-19. DOI: 10.7868/S2712910125030017
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