肯尼迪与美国洲际导弹发展研究

Kennedy and the Development of U.S. ICBM ( Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

火箭和导弹技术的突破使核武器的发展进入了一个新的时期。20世纪50年代末,苏联首先掌握了陆基洲际导弹,对美国的国家安全提出了新的挑战,从而引发了美国国内对“导弹差距”和基本国家安全政策的一系列辩论。肯尼迪执政时期,美国洲际导弹生存能力和进攻能力的改进,对其国家安全和外交政策产生了重要的影响。

The new technology of rocket and missile led nuclear weapon into a new era. Soviet Union deployed the first ICBM and made a challenge to the national security of U.S. in late 1950s. So the debates on ＂missile gap＂ and basic national security policy in and out the government lasted for years. John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of U.S., increased U.S. strategic strike forces, especially improved the survivable and aggressive capability of ICBM. His ICBM programs not only influenced his arms control and foreign policy but also shaped the relationship between U.S. and Soviet Union in the cold war period.