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100			_aMACDONALD Thomas _eAuthor
245			_aTracking mobile Missiles/ _cThomas MacDonald
260			_c2025
520			_aNuclear-armed states have sought to secure their nuclear arsenals from preemptive attack by deploying mobile ground-launched missiles. However, recent developments in remote-sensing technologies have spurred a debate about the survivability of ground-mobile missiles. Current scholarship implicitly assumes that mobile missiles will be operated sub-optimally, underestimating the difficulty of tracking mobile missiles and hence their survivability. In this paper, I analyze how a set of remote sensing technologies, including space-based radar, could track mobile missiles. I find that, today, ground-mobile missiles could defeat tracking through evasive operation and that technological countermeasures could allow them to remain survivable into the near future.
598			_aTRACKING, NUCLEAR, SPACE
650			_aTRACKING
650			_aNUCLEAR
650			_aSPACE
773			_gJournal of Strategic Studies, Volume 48, Number 2, 2025, Page:297-333
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/01402390.2024.2435961 _zClick here for full text
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