Soviet antilanding defense : does it matter?

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by  Jordan, Michael W.

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SOVIET ANTILANDING DOCTRINE:
DOES MATTER?
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Michael W. Jordan
December, 1991
Thesis Advisor: James J.Tritten
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SOVIETANTTLANDING DOCTRINE: DOES ITMATTER?
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The new national security strategy will have both short and long-range effects on all branches of the military. This
requiresacloseexaminationofthe implications thatsuch dramaticchangescould haveon the variousbranches ofthe military
and their ability to respond to the broad spectrum ofcrises thatcould occur in today's dynamic political situation. Although
the threat from the Soviet Union has diminished and while no one seriously believes that the United States and the Soviet
Union will engage in conflict, especially on Soviet soil, the need still exists to examine Soviet doctrine and warfighting
capabilities in relation to U.S. capabilities and strategies. We need to study Soviet antilanding doctrine because of the
possibility ofU.S forces encountering Soviet-trained enemies or the remote possibility ofcontingency operationsagainstthe
USSR in regional/local wars.. Finally, it is necessary for U.S. strategic planners to continuously track Soviet antilanding
concepts in the unlikely event ofa reconstitution scenario resulting in a big warwith the USSR or whateverreplaces it.
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Soviet Antilanding Defense:
Does It Matter?
by
Michael W. Jordan
Lieutenant, United States Navy
B.B.A., University of Texas at El Paso 1975
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of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF ARTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
from the