https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/8cf0b9577d7586f244af12246a6cf87a.pdf 989b7be7c1be15302b99468c28158669 PDF Text Text NATO—SECRET NATO - 132-/# SECRET COPY NO. NORTH ATLANTIC MILITARY COMMITTEE COMITE MILITAIRE DE L'ATLANTIQUE NORD MCM-73-62 19 May 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY COMMITTEE IN CHIEFS OF STAFF SESSION SUBJECT:: Data on U. S. Research and Development on MRBM System Reference t MC 99 (Discussion Draft)(Referral Note) dtd 1 May 62 C -? a Z t 0 % - ( . At E n c l o s u r e i s a United S t a t e s memorandum on the above s u b j e c t . r^-^p x j ^ ^Z^Q.— tt/iy) 70 yy- A„ H. SALLENGER Captain, U.S. Navy Deputy Secretary 1 ENCLOSURE U.S. memo on above subject DISTRIBUTION: A B C Dl*. E10 Fil Gl-3 K L NATO - SECRET MCM-73-62 - 1 - This document consists of 9 pages /&u£ £-<HsV /i^&^i Jh*JfoJ27 ^2SkO£C&+j ECRET 000421 •&.&.. s//sy* �NATO**- SECRET ENCLOSURE 1 UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE Military Committee Standing Group North Atlantic Treaty Organization Washington USM-121-62 19 May 1962 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY, MILITARY COMMITTEE SUBJECT: Data on U.S. Research and Development of MRBM Systems Reference: MC 99(Discussion Draft), 1 May 62 1. 1 Attached hereto are fact sheets summarizing the 2 physical characteristics, operational capabilities, pro- 3 4 posed employment concepts and representative cost figures 5 6 "X" and of an adaptation of Polaris A-2. 7 8 used in computing the rough estimated costs provided in 9 were selected by the various sources providing the data 10 and are not readily comparable one with the other. on the U.S. research and development projects of Missile 2. It is pointed out that the number of missiles appendices for the different systems are figures which CLARK L. RUFFNE General, US Army 2 Ends: Appendix A Appendix B NATO - SECRET MCM-73-62 Enclosure 1 000422 �N A T O ^ bx^JRETAPPENDIX A MISSILE "X* SUMMARY DATA PRESENTED BY U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AT NATO : MINISTERIAL MEETING, ATHENS. 4-b MAY 19^2 1 RANGE 2000 NM (3700 KM) 2 CEP about 1000• (land based) @ 1000 NM 3 (304.8 M @ 1852 KM) 4 about 1700' (sea based) @ 1000 NM 5 (555 M @ 1852 KM) 6 Missile gross weight 12,000 lbs. (5450 Kgm) 7 Method of Operation Surface ship mobile or road 8 mobile to be determined in 9 the light of numerous factors 10 11 Cost for 250 missiles about $2 billion. FY 1963 amount programmed by the US for research and de- 12 velopment 13 Availability: 14 $80 million Assuming a production decision by 1 July 1963, operational deployment would begin in 1966. 15 16 - SEABORNE VERSION OF MISSILE "X" NOTE: Deadline for submission of current studies of the seaborne 17 version of missile "X" is 1 July 1962. Until such time 18^ as missile parameters are firm and Phase II of the de-.^ 19 velopment program are commenced, about 8 December 1962, 20 data are not available regarding command and control, 21 communications, and operational concept. NATO - SECRET MCM-73-62 - 3 - Appendix A to Enclosure 1 000423 �NATO - SECRET llyll A PROPOSED ROAD MOBILE VERSION OF MISSILE "X 1 2 NOTE: This missile will be in a study and program defini- 3 tion phase (Phase I) until 8 December 1962. Missile 4 and sub-system characteristics are tentative and 5 subject to change as further definition is achieved. 6 The below listed summary is based on a 400 missile 7 force. 8 REACTION TIME: 5 - 1 5 minutes from moving position 1 minute from standing alert 9 10 STAGES Two 11 PROPELLANT Solid 12 WEIGHT, MISSILE Approx 12,000 lbs (5450 KGM) 13 LENGTH Approx 23 feet (7 M.) 14 DIAMETER First Stage 44 inches (1.12 M.) 15 GUIDANCE Stellar Inertial 16 RANGE 200 to 2000 NM (370.4 KM to 3700 KM) 17 18 CEP 1000 ft @ 1000 NM (304.8 M@l852 KM) 19 1600 ft @ 2000 NM (487.M@3700 KM) 20 21 VEHICLE One truck or semi-trailer (in- 22 cludes launcher) 23 GROSS WEIGHT Under 40,000 lbs (18,160 KGM) 24 CREW 4 25 MISSILES PER VEHICLE One missile per vehicle 26 COMMAND AND CONTROL - Designed for Multinational Control Capability 27 28 - Centralized at highest level. 29 - Positive C&C at all times.by highest surviving authority. 30 NATO - SECRET MCM-73-62 _ 4 - Appendix A to Enclosure 1 000424 �•'tfc- NATO - SECRET Automatic Inheritance of Command 1 2 to next surviving authority. 3 4 Provision for reporting on status of Command Structure to missiles and all Senior 5 6 Commanders. Positive prevention of unauth- 7 8 orized use of weapon by tamperproof devices. 9 Selective response through coded 10 11 message to individual or 12 groups of missiles„ 13 COMMUNICATION Soft System for Routine Peacetime: 14 Two-Way HF Military Voice 15 Command Sets Installed at Top 16 Command Posts, Squadron 17 Command Posts and Mobile Units, 18 Survivable System for Wartime: 19 Primary - Truck-to-Truck Relay 20 System. 21 by at least 4 adjacent trucks 22 which immediately re-broadcast 23 orders. 24 within truck prevents truck 25 from unnecessary repeating of 26 message. 27 range Troposcatter System to 28 X-Band Transceiver working 29 thru active or passive re- 30 ceiver (good for about 100 31 miles). NATO - SECRET MCM-73-D2 - 5- Command orders heard Coding information Truck employs short Appendix A to Enclosure 1 000425 �-*• NATO - SECRET Secondary - Chaff in Orbit or 1 2 Chaff at relatively low alti- 3 4 tudes - plus possibility of 5 6 airborne command post, airborne relay stations or • Emergency Back-Up System: Simple 7 rockets weighing less than 100 8 lbs with apogee height of only 9 100,000 ft. Three rockets 10 would furnish a single set of 11 execute orders for 60 seconds 12 which is adequate to cover 13 Western Europe, 14 OPERATIONAL CONCEPT - 80 percent of forces in operation- 15 al readiness status on con- 16 tinuous alert. 17 - l6 percent undergoing periodic 18 checks and calibration. 19 - 4 percent In field maintenance. 20 - Vehicles will be deployed so that 21 no two vehicles constitute one 22 aiming point to enemy. 23 - Vehicles will move on random 24 25 routes at random pace. - Vehicles will not remain halted 26 for an interval equal to or 27 more than: the estimated enemy 28 intelligence cycle. NATO - SECRET MCM-73-62 - 6- Appendix A to Enclosure 1 �NATtT^ SECRET 1 - Several targets stored in each 2 missile; target programming 3 and assignment made by cen- 4 tralized theater facility. 5 Any set of coordinates can be 6 set in missile by control 7 authority during countdown. 8 COST* - Research, development, testing and evaluation: $500 million. Investment 400 missiles/launchers: $587.8 million 5 yr operating cost: $687.0 million Total 5 yr cost (400 missiles) $1765.8 million AVAILABILITY Dec 1966 Production could be at rate of 25-50/mo. * Cost figures are based on a 400 missile force. NATO - SECRET MCM-73-62 - 7 - Appendix A to Enclosure 1 000427 �NATO SECRET APPENDIX B Seaborne (Merchant Ship) Version of POLARIS A-2 1 The below listed summary is based on a 200 missile (25 ship) 2 force. 3 4 SEABORNE 5 6 8 MISSILE/SHIP 7 8 displacement or greater) - 25 ship force Missile launcher/storage units provided in basic 4 missile modules. MISSILE PACKAGE DIMENSIONS 10 11 - Merchant Ship conversion (2200 ton REACTION TIME 12 Longitudinal 30' (9.1 M.) Lateral 23' (7-0 M.) Height 35' (10.65 M.) 15 minutes from stand-by condition 2 missiles/min rate of fire 13 STAGES Two 14 PROPELLANT Solid 15 WEIGHT, MISSILE 31,673 lbs. (14,400 KGM) 16 LENGTH 30 feet, 8 inches (9=3 M.) 17 DIAMETER 54 inches (1.37 M.) 18 GUIDANCE Inertial 19 RANGE 300 nm to over 2000 n miles A2 - (SCO 20 21 (555 KM to over 3700 KM) CEP 22 23 3760' @ 1000 nm 1142 M.@l852 KM) 6400' © max range (1950 M.@3700 KM) COST 24 Engineering & adaptation $86 million Investment 200 missile/25 ship 25 26 NATO SECRET MCM-73-62 Ship fill missiles -8 240 million Appendix B to Enclosure 1 000428 �NATO SECRET 1 Support missiles 98.5 million 2 Check-out equipment 12.5 million 3 Launchers I4.O k Fire control equip- 5 ment 65.75 million 6 Ship conversions 37*5 million 7 Engineering & system 8 integration l6»0 million 9 Navigation system 125.0 million 10 Support facilities 11 million 250Q0 million $885.25 million TOTAL 12 Annual operating cost (200 missile/25 ship) 13 77.1 million 14 15 Five year operating 16 cost 17 Total five year system 18 cost (200 missile/25 ship) 375o5 million $1346.75 million 19 NOTE: 20 Communication equipment not 21 included in cost figures; 22 above 23 AVAILABILITY 1st ship ready for sea - 26 months 24 after go ahead 2$ Subsequent ships operational at rate 26 of one per month until total force 27 level reached. 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