LibGuides: Deterrence & Escalation: Conventional Deterrence (Prompt Global Strike)

What is Prompt Global Strike?

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Prompt Global Strike (PGS) is a United States Military effort to develop a system that can deliver a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world within minutes or hours, using non-nuclear weapons to hone in on specific targets.

Selected Titles

Books available in the NWC Library

U. S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike by Committee on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability; National Research Council
Call Number: UF503 .N38 2008
ISBN: 0309114594
Publication Date: 2008-12-08
Space-Based Global Strike: Understanding Strategic and Military Implications by Larry G. Sills
Call Number: UG1530 .S555 2001
Publication Date: 2001

Websites

Air Force Global Strike Command

Journal Articles

Conventional Deterrence and the Challenge of Credibility
Stone, John. Contemporary security policy. Apr2012, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p108-123.
Conventional Prompt Global Strike: A Fresh Perspective
Scheber, Thomas & Kurt Guthe. Comparative Strategy. Jan-Mar2013, Vol. 32 Issue 1.
Does Conventional Deterrence Work in the Cyber Domain?
Chen, Jim. European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, Jun 2018.
Evaluating Conventional Prompt Global Strike
Pollack, Joshua. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Jan. 2009.
Military Power and Conventional Deterrence: A Literature Review
Dallagnol, A.C. & Duarte, E.E. Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad. Vol. 17, no. 1, 2022.
Military Power and Conventional Deterrence: A Literature Review
Dall'Agnol, Augusto C.;Duarte, Érico E. Revista de Relaciones Internacionales, Estrategia y Seguridad, Vol. 17, iss. 1, 2022.
A Premature Obituary for Conventional Deterrence
Lehmkuhl, Jeffrey. Space and Defense, Vol. 15, iss. 2, 2023.
U.S.-China Strategic Competition: Conventional Deterrence and the Changing Face of Modern Warfare
Waseem, Rubina; Malik, Tasleem. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 32, iss. 2, 2024.
U.S.-China Strategic Competition: Conventional Deterrence and the Changing Face of Modern Warfare
Waseem, Rubina; Malik, Tasleem. The Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences; Vol. 32, Iss. 2, 2024.

Reports & Papers

Conventional Deterrence and Landpower in Northeastern Europe
Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, March 2019.
Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Strategic Asset or Unusable Liability?
Strategic Forum No. 263. National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies
Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues
Woolf, Amy F. CRS Report for Congress, R41464
DoD Should Examine Role Of Hypersonic Cruise Missiles In Prompt Global Strike
Space & Missile Defense Report, 15297209, 9/9/2013.
Silver Bullet? Asking the Right Questions About Conventional Prompt Global Strike
Acton, James M. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2013.

Conventional Deterrence

Conventional Deterrence relies on a nation's conventional military forces to wage long range precision strikes and non-contact warfare against an adversary. It also involves the technology to detect opponents' weapons in advance, thus deterring them from taking any further action. (2010 Strategic Deterrence Symposium).