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DUDLEY KNOX LIBRARY POSTGRADUATE SCHOOI NAVAL NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California THESIS SOVIET ANTILANDING DOCTRINE: DOES MATTER? IT by Michael W. Jordan December, 1991 Thesis Advisor: James J.Tritten Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited Unclassified SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE la. REPORTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION lb. RESTRICTIVEMARKINGS Unclassified E SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONAUTHORITY 3. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFREPORT Approved forpublicrelease; distribution is unlimited DECLASSIHCATION/DOWNGRADINGSCHEDULE 2b. ». PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 5. MONITORINGORGANIZATIONREPORTNUMBER(S) 5a. NAMEOFPERFORMINGORGANIZATION 6b. OFFICESYMBOL 7a. NAMEOFMONITORINGORGANIZATION NavalPostgraduateSchool (IfApplicable) NavalPostgraduate School CodeNS x. ADDRESS(city,stale,andZIPcode) 7b. ADDRESS(cay,stale,andZIPcode) Monterey, CA 93943-5100 Monterey, CA 93943-5100 in. 8b. OFFICESYMBOL 9. PROCUREMENTINSTRUMENTIDENTIFICATIONNUMBER (IfApplicable) NS !c. ADDRESS(city,state,andZIPcode) 10. SOURCEOFFUNDINGNUMBERS Naval Postgraduate School WORKUNIT Monterey, CA 93943-5100 ACCESSIONNO. 1. TITLE(IncludeSecurityClassification) SOVIETANTTLANDING DOCTRINE: DOES ITMATTER? 2. PERSONALAUTHOR(S) Jordan, Michael W. 3a. TYPEOFREPORT 13b. TIMECOVERED 14. DATEOFREPORT(year,monthday) 15. PAGECOUNT Master's Thesis from Jul 90 toDec91 December 19, 1991 115 6. SUPPLEMENTARYNOTATION The viewsexpressedin this paperare those oftheauthoranddonotreflecttheofficial policy orposition ofthe Departmentof Defense or the U.S. Government. 7. COSATICODES 18. SUBJECT TERMS (continue onreverse ifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) FIELD GROUP SUBGROUP 9. ABSTRACT(Continue onreverse ifnecessaryandidentifybyblocknumber) 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. 3. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABrLrrYOFABSTRACT 21. ABSTRACTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION UNCXASSTJTED/UNlIMrrED J SAMEASRPT. DTKUSERS Unclassified NAMEOFRESPONSIBLEINDIVIDUAL 22b. TELEPHONE(IncludeAreaCode) 22c. OFFICESYMBOL JAMES J. TRITTEN (408)646-2143 NS/TR D FORM 1473, 84 MAR 83 APReditionmaybeuseduntilexhausted SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE All othereditions are obsolete Unclassified Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Soviet Antilanding Defense: Does It Matter? by Michael W. Jordan Lieutenant, United States Navy B.B.A., University of Texas at El Paso 1975 ? Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS from the