CRUISE MISSILE DEFINITION (SALT TWO-663)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00294A001200010020-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2002
• Sequence Number: 20
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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It THE DELEGATION PROPOSES THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION FOR ADDITION
TO ARTICLE II OF THE JDT AT SUCH TIME AS MAY BE APPROPRIATE;
"A" CRUISE MISSILE IS ANY NUCLEAR-CAPABLE, UNMANNED, SELF-
PROPELLED, GUIDED MISSILE, WHICH SUSTAINS FLIGHT THROUGH USE
OF AERODYNAMIC LIFT OVER MOST OF ITS RANGE,"
2, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WERE AMONG THOSE CONSIDERED BY THE
DELEGATION! '(A) "MISSILE" CARRIES THE CONNOTATION OF BEING
ARMED AND UNMANNED, IT WAS CONCLUDED, HOWEVER, THAT THESE
FACTORS SHOULD NEVERTHELES~a BE EXPLICIT IN THE DEFINITION,
(8) "AERODYNAMIC LIFT" IS A KEY FACTOR IN DISTINGUISHING
BETWEEN BALLISTIC AND CRUISE MISSILESt "OVER MOST OF ITS RANGE."
IS INTENDED TO EXCLUDE MARVS AND TO INCLL'DE HYBRIDS,
(C) "NUCLEAR-CAPABLE" DESCRIBES CRUISE MISSILES DEVELOPED AND
FLIGHT TESTED FOR A NUCLEAR ROLE, IT WOULD INCLUDE CRUISE
MISSILES WHOSE DEPLOYMENT AND TRAINING, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING
FACILITIES ARE IDENTIFIED WITH A NUCLEAR CAPABILITY, IT DOES NOT
APPLY TO RPVS OR TO MISSILES WHICH ARE UNARMED OR DEVELOPED AND
DEPLOYED ONLY WITH CONVENTIONAL WARHEADS. (D) "SELF-PROPELLED"
IS USED TO EXCLUDE, E,G, GLIDE VEHICLES AND REENTRY VEHICLES,
3. IT IS RECOGNISED THAT, EVEN WITH THIS DEGREE OF SPECIFICITY
THE DEFINITION LEAVES SOME ROOM FOR VERIFICATION AMBIGUITY,
THE DELEGATION BELIEVES, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROPOSED DEFINITION
BEST BALANCES THE NEED FOR VERIFICATION WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF
PRESERVING FLEXIBILITY FOR US PROGRAMS,
4, FACTORS CONSIDERED FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION AND REJECTED ,ARE;
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