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06.02.2006 20:41:15
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Современность; Армия;
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Вот Вам о планах ВМС США
Статья на данную тему из JDW, уважаемый Е.Мясников. Как видите, инициатором идеи неядерных БГ на БРПЛ выступают сами ВМС США. И речь идет именно о развертывании ПЛАРБ с неядерными БГ в Южной Атлантике.
JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY - FEBRUARY 01, 2006
US Navy looks for global strike capability
NICK BROWN Jane's Naval Desk Editor and
KATY GLASSBOROW Jane's Naval Reporter
London
The US Navy (USN) is looking to resurrect a plan to 'conventionalise' some of its Trident fleet of ballistic missiles, replacing their nuclear payload with multiple high-explosive warheads.
Details of the plan have come to light from leaked portions of the service's request for funding under the forthcoming US Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Fiscal Year 2007 (FY07) defence budget, which is due on 6 February.
Although hard facts were thin on the ground at the time of writing, the navy is believed to have asked for around USD500 million to fund the programme up to 2011, with the potential conversion of up to 24 Trident missiles to each carry nearly 100 independently targeted conventional warheads.
The navy proposed similar Trident conversion studies in FY03 and FY04, but these were flatly refused by Congress.
However, a congressional source told JDW that "there is a real buzz about rapid global strike in the Pentagon right now and the programme appears to have floated back onto the table".
The navy refused to discuss the programme, however, before the budget is officially released. A Pentagon spokesperson said that "it would be inappropriate to discuss any specifics pertaining to the 2007 budget at this time", adding: "It is premature to draw any conclusions or comment on specific numbers."
Alternative plans suggested by the US Air Force to convert some of its land-based ballistic missiles for the role are complicated by the launchers' geographic locations, which would necessitate missiles mostly flying over Russia and China, with the very real danger of escalation or retaliation that this could provoke.
By contrast, although still carrying a certain degree of risk - avoidance of which would need serious consideration - USN sources believe an Ohio-class submarine could be stationed in the Southern Atlantic regions and be able to hit most targets on the planet in around 30 minutes, firing missiles south over the pole.
The congressional source said that this timeliness was central to the global strike requirement, radically shortening the engagement cycle and enabling the US to get a massive amount of firepower onto a rapidly emerging or fleeting target window, as well as providing a conventional 'first-strike' pre-emptive capability.
Operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq highlighted this gap in the US arsenal, when air strikes on intelligence-led 'pop up' targets and Tomahawk decapitation strikes were hampered by on-station availability and inbound flight times.
С уважением, Exeter