t'LlWORA-TR - Milt i aJT - T - p a3 P P'l SECRETARY OF r_j ' BUFC• rB _ ix e•• l- ai r -LL° in _ tRetIca i i 1 es• I 4 tstC'l flt' i'• f' r l '' f i Lys - f • art Y't Y•E ' sys S mw snd Dr VFflake h ••' 2r2' r C 1 ' ek 'K SlE t ' iU 'tiY' • L'x •' k Sj Y r'r yPgt' rs S Si iV ft p- f l1F ntic-no t CL • itFS F 't' 7tr visit -5f slim2i f Lbc G-r ci' lc s lstvinz dF-scribc- i n's f F SUL-- 'i ' iu it i • p- elal'dvnt A r' your F jkmt or t- gr v'P' • vFc -tine on a cask Jniin S Po-lter Jr co Q CC - SD ISA Pr llyie ASD SA Dr S' el n AT M AF SecDef 1 DDRO 2 D DDRO 1 AD 14P - 2 ORS RECORDS 2 DD TTP 1 13 Vii --_• WWCaiter YArnFold AD u 77166 3 17 0 iiog No blood y OOW NO TACTICAL NUCLEAR WARFARE SYSTEMS Our tactical nuclear werlped delivery systems srE numerous and varied The9e include tactical aircraft vith bcanbs medium range ballistic missiles up to Jo-O miles short range missiles artillery Band atomic demolition munitions Although our tactical nuclear forces are already strong there are several areas in which significant rind attractive imAruvments can be made 1 Target Acquisition and Dom $e Assessment should ultimetel y be in real time versus hours now possible with surveillance over extendee cress Improvements could include more survivable recce aircraft and lone range recce drones high resolution direct readout reel time satellite coverage 2 Commend communications on the battlefield care presently less Odequate than wee des re They could be made more survivable by increasing their mobility and they should also be augmented Existing high frequehey communications used for backup are susceptibly to disruption in a nuclear attack environment Development of light •wreight mobile tropospheric sctatter radios and satellite communications will enhance survivability in both the conventional'and nuclear war environment 3 Vulnerability of theater nuclear forces should be minimized to prevent the energy from thinking he has a first strike capability that would cripple the U S theater nucleardeterrent Dispersal Qf A3 r r o t ltearaate airbases airbase hardening TA13 VEE SACEUR's current Program for Physical Protection oP Airfields involves about $7e million principally for aircraft shelters nuclear 41e apon storage site dispersal increased mobility of missile systems as achieved in the LANCE program and increasing our deployable forces from COWUS woulc A 11 reduce the vulnerability of our forces Reaction times car_ be reduced tr• lessen vulnerability and to strike timesensitive targets more effectively Improvements are possible t1ixough re- 4 missile systems e e n IANC craft for the nuclear strik role Qfaster firing capability for tactical Pact improved attaack warning commend aomnunica- V There have been suggestions that _e should decrease he umber of s t hcat SACE TR maintains however such a decrease would work against 'a fast response Lions 5 Weapon delivery acct ac of aircraft and missilesystems is n on the R A e Large miss distanced impl guided weepons on aircraft for delivery accuracy on se ° j 1 the €b tiZ F CONDOR WALLEYE s avionics for increased flee-fall weapon accuracy and possibly terminal guidance for surface-to-su face weapons would provide the greater accuracy 6 Collateral damage deters attacks particularly in European satellites r on targets located within or rid anent to cities k e ettncks on some cif these targets wi th existin R'S RE Air strike successes and delivery aircraft survival would be Significantly These mis iles are improved by a standoff missile for tactical aircraft needed for attacks on strong defended targets such as airfield$ and com- 7 mand centers standoff ranges ' 1 t 3 b such as CONDOR will ivC us e Ce appropriate Command control can be improved vith further applications of echanic Rl devices such as PAL end PAPS on we ons e 9 r » Q » 8Y' we ap on for ir Denial of a seed eiatI Y in rease our 8 chance to react and prevent its misuse Additionally doctrinal limitations based on geography yield delivexy system etc could be imposed by higher authority to reduce the probability of escalating to strategic exchanges Command control and weapons systems should be designed to provide clear and obvious separation between theater and strategic usage Our tactical nuclear capability is quantitatively adequate and qud litatively impressive however we do have opportunities for making significant progress in this nren The current inventory of theater and fleet defensive nuclear weapons including weapons for support of our allies eta well as for U S forces is given below 0 L 3 Nuclear Artillery V 55mm and 8 Atosai c Demolition Munitions 51 Ibs lclft l bs Tactical Missiles honest John Sergeant Pershing Mace Crockett Trctiosl Aircreft Bombs Air Defense Aix-to-Air Surface-to-Air Total Fleet ASW AAW Nuclear W rheads Total Theater Fleet Possible improvements mostly relate to the problems discussed above Specifically the following eix tactical systems could enter our stockpile in the next few years This surface-to-surface system is much more effective than the LUCE It JOHN LITTLE JOHN and SERGEANT that it is scheduled to replace HONEST rQVr mobilitv a tracked vehicle nem- acy 3 milts ren# e• 5-140 km has The deployment ac e ul e and # € y - f s •fi• t is controlled by the vehicle IOC June 1972 l This air-to-surface missile would rovide an entirely new stt n 3o r f delivery of ' ' • far Capability It would rlso allow accurate deli0ry by air to penetrate defended nrees 2 CONDOR lKI R •j Y fFti M N Y 4F y t l' ' T' v i • The optical-guidance limits of lov yields with minimum collateral damage CONDOR to fair weather use only later developments may give it ap all The schedule s controlled weather capability for radar discernible targets Several •rarbead options have been found by the vehicle IOC June 1972 feasible and n request is pending to i ni'•- iota varhoad development Phase 3 WALLEYE Presently operational with t eonventionsl warhead Siaail sr 3 to CONDOR exce- t it is ran unpowered 71ide bomb i ith a limited staodoff range Also it cannot that obliges delivery aircraft to penetrate defended areas carry higher yields Pppropriate to such priority tPctical targets as airfields it could be considered for dewithout endangering the delivery aircraft h lo 'yment in modest numbers in about a year using nn existing war4ead in order to Five us an early canbil iTy for delivering small yields accuraitely and in order to campl icnte Soviet -1nnning by riving this rwylor weapon system a A production decision is pending nuclear warhead Could correct deficiencies in existing 155mm Artillery Projectile 14 km potentially abaiut 30 km rresently adding nuclear warhead range by L exEalosive round 'or doll ery accuracy Eight Inch Artillery Projeeti ' nv -v o c could rovid faster one 112 to on i hour now g i t-e versus rt achieve 4 greater round conventional tc standnrd match ' a 'ballistic 5 - E range and _ _ _ _ _ could provide better com 3 x h ti E Atomic Demolition munition such As mar_d and control elid more flexible operations if 3€ f s t3 £23 e A new lead to longer burial lifetimes mu i fion''couldi al 96 -46v de anti -temper features self-destruct glean or suppressed radiation end smaller size In addition the following two systems now in the inventory should be considered for further production 1 This bomb is gn improvement over the yK P8 43 end 57 MK 61 Bomb bombs now in stockpile in that it is smaller lighter elan be carried externally rte high speed end hiss a wide rang Ff# # STBHM Our continuing deployment oT new ettack su'bmarinesi should be supported by further production of 81IBROCs 2 WWCarter MArnold ADAP 77166 3 4 69 1