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Akimonadi White Paper on the state of Strategic Armaments and Defence.
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2009 White Paper on Strategic Arms and Defence
ADF
Department of Research
and Advanced Projects
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2009 White Paper on Strategic Arms and Defence
Overview
ThestateofAkimonad’sdeterrentandanti‐ballisticmissilesystemisatoneofitsworstlevelssinceitsinception.Weaponsystemscurrentlyinusefordeliveryanddefenseofnuclearweaponshavebecomeextremelyoutdatedandhavesubsequentlycreatedadangerousstrategicsituation.Becauseofthisdisablingobsolescence,Akimonad’snucleardeterrentisscarcelyadeterrentatall.ThesystemcouldberendereduselessifAkimonadwasattackedinafirst‐strikebyaforeignpower.
TheproblembeginswithAkimonad’santi‐ballisticmissilesystem.Whilethissystemismodern,itisconcentratedlargelyintheNavy.ShouldtheNavybesentabroadtofightawar–asisthelikelycaseforanuclearattackonAkimonad–thenmostofAkimonad’sballisticmissileprotectionwouldbegoneandthehomelandwouldbeleftnearlydefenselessagainstanuclearassault.Millionscouldbekilled,andastrategicresponsecouldbemadeimpossible.
Thisproblemiscompoundedbytheoutdateddesignofcurrentland‐basednuclearmissiles.Allcurrentlycommissionedmissilesaresilo‐based;however,notonesiloinAkimonadisratedtowithstandadirecthitbyanuclearexplosive,whichisexactlythetypethatwouldbeencounteredinadecapitatingnuclearstrike.ThismeansthatAkimonad’snucleardeterrentcouldbedestroyedwithsurprisingease.
Themissilesthemselveswouldfairpoorlyiftheywereeverlaunched.TheyfeaturenomoderndecoysystemsofanykindandtheyarenotmaneuverableenoughtodefeatABMsystems.Anattemptataretaliatorystrikecouldbeneutralizedormarginalizedbytheenemy.
TheonlyeffectiveweaponcurrentlyinthenationalarsenalistheOdysseusair‐launchedICBM.Itiseasytotransportanddeliver,anditschoiceoflaunchprofilesandwarheadshasservedStrategicAirCommandwellovertheyears.TheOdysseuscaneasilymaskitslaunchprofilebyappearingtobenothingmorethanasatellitelaunch,anditsorbitalcapabilitiescandisguisewhichnationitwasfiredfrom.
However,theOdysseusisjustonesmallpartofAkimonad’snucleararsenal,andthereareonlyarelativehandfulofOdysseus’stockpiledcomparedtotheland‐basednucleararsenal.TheOdysseusalonewillnotmakeupfortheshortcomingsoftheentireStrategicDefensesystem.
Aftercarefulstudy,theDepartmentofResearchandAdvancedProjectshascompiledalistofrecommendationsthatwillimprovethequalityandperformanceofAkimonad’sstrategicarmsanddefence.
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Review of Current Munitions and Technology
TheDepartmentofResearchandAdvancedProjectshasconductedasurveyofthecurrentclassesofICBMsandABMscurrentlyinserviceonland.Forthepurposesofthisdocument,navalinventoryhasbeenexcluded.
Alltotaled,Akimonadcurrentlyhas2220ICBMsinservice.MostoftheseICBMsarescheduledfordecommissioningwithintwoyears.ItwouldbeprudenttoreplacethesemissilesquicklygiventhegeopoliticalsituationaroundHavenatthecurrenttime.Figure1showsthepresentnumbersofICBMsandABMsinserviceandreserve,aswellaswhentheyareexpectedtorequirereplacementbyothersystems.
Akimonad’sABMsystemsarealsoconsiderablyoutdated.Currentlyonlyfiftylong‐rangemissilesremainandwillbewithdrawnwithinseveralmonths.Therestoftheland‐basedABMsareshort‐range,lastresortmunitionsthatareplacedinsilosandnotadaptabletochangingtargets.ThelackofmobilecapabilityintheABMservicemeansthatcertainareasofAkimonadareunderprotected.Thisissomethingthatmustberemediedwithallduespeed.
Name Number
in Service
Number in Reserve
Expected Decommissioning
Peacekeeper ICBM 1300 1400 2011
Odysseus ALICBM 250 300 2025
Eris BriPebs N/A (project cancelled)
2 prototypes completed N/A
Sprint Nova ABM 1000 150 2011
Nike-Zeus ABM 50 0 2009
Minuteman III 670 230 2017
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Review of Current Munitions and Technology
Currentdetectiontechnologyinuseis,atpresent,up‐to‐dateandmodern.ItissuggestedthatdeploymentofSea‐BasedX‐BandRadarsbeacceleratedtoprovidealargerradarcoveragearea.Furthermore,adaptingthenewLeistungiANRStoaland‐basedinstallationwouldprovideevenbetterdetectionintheareasofthehomelandandcolonies.Akimonad’soverallradardetectionscreenisinexcellentshape,andfaresverywellcomparedtothatofsomeregionalneighbors.
TheSkyTopsradarscurrentlyusedforballisticmissiledetectionshouldbereplacedwithamoreadvancedground‐basedradarthatprovidesgreaterprotection.Thecostofdevelopinganewphasedarrayradartoprovideover‐the‐horizonmissiledetectionwilllikelybelessthanthatoftheSkyTop,somoreradarsmaybedeployedontheground.
Itisalsorecommendedthatmoremobilephasedarraysetsareacquiredandthatmoreemphasisisputintotargetacquisition/tracking/guidancesystemdevelopmentanddispersal.Improvingthesesystemswillresultinaquickerresponsetoanuclearattack.
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Recommendations
TheDepartmentofResearchandAdvancedProjectsherebyconcludesthatseveraldrasticchangesareneededtomodernizethestateofAkimonad’sstrategicarmsanddefence.
Thefirstchangerequiredistheprocurementofnew,modernICBMsandtheconstructionofnew,moreheavilyreinforcedsilostoprotectthemintheeventofanuclearstrike.TheDepartmentalsorecommendstheprocurementofsmallICBMsonhighlymobiletransporter‐erecter‐launcherssuchastheAequatianMaus.ThiswillprovideAkimonadwithaverymobile,hard‐to‐destroystrategicdeterrent.Adraftrequestforproposalsofsuchsystemshasbeenincludedwiththiswhitepaper.Itissuggestedthatthisrequestissenttoasmanyforeignanddomesticproducersascanbefound.
Itisalsoadvisedthatworkbeginonanewanti‐ballisticmissilesystem.Thisshouldbeprimarilylandandair‐based.ItshouldbenotedthatsuchasystemwasunderdevelopmentundertheguiseoftheErissatelliteconstellation,butitwasdeniedfundingforthecurrentfiscalyearandabandoned.TheDepartmentstronglyrecommendstheallocationofnewfundsforthereactivationoftheErisproject,withthegoalofitseventualcompletionanddeploymentinapproximatelyfourtofiveyears.
