«Dispute of the century» or «missile men’s small civil war»
View of TsNIImash and «Yuzhnoye Design Bureau» (supported by D.F.Ustinov):
Policy:
The guaranteed retaliatory attack as «the policy» of nuclear deterrence
Proposals by TsNIImash:
- proper increase (by ten times) in launch silos hardening, implementation of «the mortar» missile launch from within the container;
- accelerated development of the new generation intercontinental ballistic missiles with independently-targetable warheads;
- inclusion of railway and land-based mobile missile systems in the Strategic Missile Forces
Nuclear deterrence
D.F.Ustinov
Y.A. Mozzhorin
M.K.Yanguel
View of «Central Design Bureau of Machine Building» (supported by A.A.Grechko and S.A.Afanasyev):
Policy:
The use of nuclear strategic weapon as preemptive attack (to prevent the recurrence of 1941)
Proposals by «Central Design Bureau of Machine Building»:
- vulnerable silo-based missile systems buildup
- use of cluster warheads
- non-deployment of mobile missile systems in the Strategic Missile Forces
The dispute was submitted to the state level – to the Council of Defence meeting
Preemptive attack
A.A.Grechko
S.A.Afanasyev
V.N.Chelomey
Council of Defence
July, 1969, Crimea
As a result of the Council of Defence meeting all the proposals by TSNIIMASH regarding the prospects for the development of the Strategic Missile Forces were implemented.
The proposed areas for strategic weapons development are still up-to-date.