Historical Documents

Dec 26, 1999

Comments on RAND Building Program

The RAND headquarters building at 1700 Main Street in Santa Monica, California, was designed by John D. Williams, head of the Mathematics Division. He raised the idea of creating a building that would increase the probability of chance personal meetings.

John D. Williams
Jun 1, 1988

Costs of Airbase Survivability Options

This report presents cost data for active defenses, passive defenses, and air base recovery capabilities.

Gary F. Mills, Gerald C. Sumner
Dec 1, 1987

Computing the Closure Probability for an Airfield Defended with Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missiles

This report analyzes the probability that an air base would be closed by tactical ballistic missile attack if key air base systems were defended by Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile (ATBM) systems.

Zachary F. Lansdowne
Aug 1, 1987

An Airbase Ground Attack Scenario in Central Europe

This report presents a scenario in which Soviet and Warsaw Pact forces conduct ground attacks against a U.S. Air Force air base located in NATO's central region.

Thomas C. Tompkins
Sep 1, 1983

A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of First Wave OCA Attacks Using Ground Launched Missiles

This note was written in support of a RAND Project AIR FORCE study on standoff weapons. It assesses the cost-effectiveness of ground-launched missiles for use in quick-response attacks on operating surfaces at Warsaw Pact air bases.

Bruce W. Don
Oct 21, 1974

Recommendations for Improving AHAB: An Interactive Decision Aid for Tactical Commanders

This note critiques and offers recommendations for improvement for the RAND AHAB interactive decision aid, documented in R-1422 (Carl Richard Neu, Attacking Hardened Air Bases (AHAB): A Decision Analysis Aid for the Tactical Commander, 1974).

P. H. Farquhar
Apr 30, 1974

Nuclear Vulnerability of NATO Tactical Airfields: Some Calculations of Nuclear Radiation Exposure

This short paper estimates time to ineffectiveness for NATO personnel exposed to varying levels of radiation from nuclear attack.

Felix Kozaczka
Dec 1, 1973

Modeling Nuclear Vulnerability of NATO Tactical Airfields

This short paper documents preliminary results from RAND modeling of Soviet nuclear strikes on NATO airfields.

Felix Kozaczka
Oct 27, 1971

Examination of Warsaw Pact Airbase Attack Capability Against Unsheltered Aircraft in the Central Region of NATO

This simulation of a Warsaw Pact air campaign against NATO air bases explored the possibility that NATO allies would not build hardened aircraft shelters like those being constructed at U.S. Air Force bases.

Felix Kozaczka, J. K. Seavers
Jun 30, 1971

Vehicle Estimates for Target Designation RPVs

This note is part of an analysis of a new concept that would use remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) to designate targets during attacks on enemy airfields.

W. H. Krase
Jun 8, 1971

Target-Marking Systems for RPVs Used as Designator Vehicles for Airbase Attack

A discussion of target-marking concepts for precision attacks on aircraft shelterettes assumed to be camouflaged against visual detection.

W. H. Krase
Dec 4, 1970

Report of Trips to Brief Airbase Attack Study: Europe — 7 to 11 September 1970; Langley, Pentagon and Andrews — 19 to 22 October 1970; West Coast Study Facility — 6 November 1970, P. M. Dadant, M. B. Schaffer, and R. M. Smith.

This document is a trip report. It describes audiences, locations, and reactions to the final briefing from the Air Base Attack Study, which investigated options for NATO air forces to attack Warsaw Pact air bases.

Philip M. Dadant

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Comments on RAND Building Program

Costs of Airbase Survivability Options

Computing the Closure Probability for an Airfield Defended with Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missiles

An Airbase Ground Attack Scenario in Central Europe

A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of First Wave OCA Attacks Using Ground Launched Missiles

Recommendations for Improving AHAB: An Interactive Decision Aid for Tactical Commanders

Nuclear Vulnerability of NATO Tactical Airfields: Some Calculations of Nuclear Radiation Exposure

Modeling Nuclear Vulnerability of NATO Tactical Airfields

Examination of Warsaw Pact Airbase Attack Capability Against Unsheltered Aircraft in the Central Region of NATO

Vehicle Estimates for Target Designation RPVs

Target-Marking Systems for RPVs Used as Designator Vehicles for Airbase Attack

Report of Trips to Brief Airbase Attack Study: Europe — 7 to 11 September 1970; Langley, Pentagon and Andrews — 19 to 22 October 1970; West Coast Study Facility — 6 November 1970, P. M. Dadant, M. B. Schaffer, and R. M. Smith.

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Comments on RAND Building Program

Costs of Airbase Survivability Options

Computing the Closure Probability for an Airfield Defended with Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missiles

An Airbase Ground Attack Scenario in Central Europe

A Cost Effectiveness Analysis of First Wave OCA Attacks Using Ground Launched Missiles

Recommendations for Improving AHAB: An Interactive Decision Aid for Tactical Commanders

Nuclear Vulnerability of NATO Tactical Airfields: Some Calculations of Nuclear Radiation Exposure

Modeling Nuclear Vulnerability of NATO Tactical Airfields

Examination of Warsaw Pact Airbase Attack Capability Against Unsheltered Aircraft in the Central Region of NATO

Vehicle Estimates for Target Designation RPVs

Target-Marking Systems for RPVs Used as Designator Vehicles for Airbase Attack

Report of Trips to Brief Airbase Attack Study: Europe — 7 to 11 September 1970; Langley, Pentagon and Andrews — 19 to 22 October 1970; West Coast Study Facility — 6 November 1970, P. M. Dadant, M. B. Schaffer, and R. M. Smith.

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