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	Single Integrated Operational Plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Currently SIOP plans are named after the fiscal year in which they come into effect, this was first officially applied to SIOP-93, prior to that plans used a two-character alphanumeric designation.
		The Royal Navy's contribution to the SIOP shows the power of the nuclear arsenal committed to the plan, the four ''Vanguard'' submarines could strike a maximum of 512 separate targets, this is equivalent to 7% of the total U.S. nuclear strike capacity.
		The SIOP policy was further modified during the presidency of Carter under Presidential Directive -59, although the 'ethos' remained the same.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Single_Integrated_Operational_Plan (1157 words)

	Single Integrated Operational Plan: The Movement From Triad To Dyad
		Single Integrated Operational Plan: The Movement From Triad To Dyad
		With a realignment of the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), the use of the strategic triad, land, sea, and air-based nuclear weapons must be reevaluated.
		Both plans were supported by a continued buildup of land-based ICBMs and Polaris missle launching submarines, and air deliverable nuclear weapons carried by the strategic bomber force.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/report/1990/HCW.htm (2747 words)

	Single Integrated Operational Plan - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Single Integrated Operational Plan (or SIOP) is a blueprint that tells how American nuclear weapons would be used in the event of war.
		Counterforce dominated SIOP plans until SIOP-5 in 1976 when the plan became a model for deterrence, based on Nixon's NSDM-242 and sometimes called the 'Schlesinger Doctrine' after then-Secretary of Defense, James Schlesinger.
		The SIOP policy was further modified during the presidency of Carter under Presidential Directive-59, although the 'ethos' remained the same.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/SIOP (1163 words)

	NRDC: Exposing the U.S. Nuclear War Plan
		The plan exerts enormous influence over weapons programs and arms control debates, yet is beyond the reach of all but a handful of military planners.
		In Eisenhower's day the plan described simple one-blow massive attacks -- with projected fatalities approaching half a billion -- but over the years the plan has evolved into a more complex array of "attack options," including many smaller plans based on the controversial notion that it may be possible to fight a limited nuclear war.
		And so the surreal business of planning for the apocalypse -- which involves the projected deaths of tens or hundreds of millions of people and the prospect of turning vast areas into radioactive wastelands -- continues to be conducted beyond the reach of public scrutiny, and is resistant to civilian efforts to gain oversight.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nwarplan.asp (1631 words)

	THE OPERATIONAL LEVEL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This attention to the operational level of war is healthy because it focuses the attention of commanders and planners on a vital dimension of war fighting, thus making this level of war a central component of the continuing renaissance of the American military.
		One opposing argument, for example, is that detailed guidance for the operational employment of nuclear weapons might diminish the utter horror that is associated with them, erode psychological barriers to their use, help lower the nuclear threshold, and thus make the world a much more dangerous place.
		Planning for the operational use of nuclear weapons by the American military would undermine this policy of attempting to diminish the chances that nuclear weapons will be used in crisis or conflict.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/metzz.html (2868 words)

	Strategic Air Command
		Its mission was to produce the nation's strategic nuclear war plan, the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP).
		Its mission of deterrence remained but for the first time in U. history, the planning, targeting, and wartime employment of strategic forces came under the control of a single commander while the day-to-day training, equipping and maintenance responsibilities for its forces remained with the air force and navy.
		As the nuclear arsenals of the United States and former Soviet Union have diminished, STRATCOM is faced with the challenges of countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, biological, chemical and nuclear.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/SAC/DI185.htm (351 words)

	A do-it-yourself SIOP \| thebulletin.org
		And you have the operational world, which is where the rubber really hits the road in terms of how forces are organized and postured to be launched in a crisis.
		The idea of developing a usable computer model for the SIOP came to NRDC Nuclear Project Director Tom Cochran and his colleagues in 1998, after President Clinton changed the presidential guidance allowing the number of targets to be lowered.
		He already had doubts about the operational feasibility of the war plan, but when he saw for the first time how general presidential guidance is translated into actual targeting, he was appalled at what he found.
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=ja01lortie_022 (4119 words)

	the nuclear information project: Global Strike
		STRATCOM (and before it Strategic Air Command and the Navy) has provided global strike capabilities for decades under the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), but the SIOP name was formally dropped in 2003 and replaced with Operations Plan (OPLAN) 8044.
		The name change reflected an effort to transform the top-heavy SIOP into a family of smaller flexible strike plans to better reflect the demise of the Soviet Union, a new emphasis on China, and planning against weapons of mass destruction proliferators.
		The military operationalization of the Global Strike mission is Contingency Plan (CONPLAN 8022), which became operational in the fall of 2004.
	www.nukestrat.com /us/stratcom/gs.htm (215 words)

	operational - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		- of organization's activities: relating to the operations of an organization, especially its day-to-day activities or the basic management and control of these
		in use, in operation, in order, working, active, in force, operative, in effect, effective, functioning, operating
		In the event of an attack, the role of the U.S. Strategic Command was to collect data and present recommendations to the U.S. president and senior...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /operational.html (103 words)

	the nuclear information project: changing the siop name
		A background paper further explained that changes in security challenges, targets base and weapons inventory meant that the SIOP was "evolving into a more flexible, situation specific, ‘family of plans’ with an increasing emphasis on adaptive planning" (the background paper is available in the right-hand bar).
		In January 2003, STRATCOM again asked for the name to be changed to reflect that "USSTRATCOM is changing the nation's nuclear war plan from a single, large, integrated plan to a family of plans applicable in a wider range of scenarios." The new name should be called OPLAN 8044.
		The first plan to carry the new name was OPLAN 8044 Revision 03, which entered into effect on March 1, 2003.
	www.nukestrat.com /us/stratcom/siopname.htm (605 words)

	U.S. nuclear forces, 2006 \| thebulletin.org
		Under plans announced by the Energy Department in June 2004 (and possibly revised in spring 2005), some 4,365 warheads are scheduled to be retired for dismantlement by 2012 (see Nuclear Notebook, September/October 2004).
		The Defense Department is upgrading its nuclear strike plans to reflect new presidential guidance and a transition in war planning from the top-heavy Single Integrated Operational Plan of the Cold War to a family of smaller and more flexible strike plans designed to defeat today's adversaries.
		Although the air force plans to reduce the operational warhead loading on Minuteman IIIs to 500, it is considering keeping as many as 800 warheads for the Minuteman force.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=jf06norris (4311 words)

	B-1 Lancer
		Through 1991, the B-1 was dedicated to the nuclear deterrence role as part of the single integrated operational plan (SIOP).
		The purpose of the ORA was to determine whether one B-1B wing was capable of achieving and maintaining its planned 75-percent operational readiness rate for a period of 6 months, if provided the full complement of spare parts, maintenance equipment and manpower, and logistic support equipment.
		After a long political struggle that involved resisting the planned conversion from F-15s and an associated move from Dobbins AFB near Atlanta to Robins AFB near Macon, the 116th began its conversion on 1 April 1996.
	www.angelfire.com /pa3/cadet985/aviation/lancer.html (1535 words)

	washingtonpost.com: The Defense Comfort Blanket
		There are only two "completed" OPLANs besides 1003: one for a war on the Korean peninsula (OPLAN 5027), and the Single Integrated Operational Plan, or SIOP, the nuclear war plan.
		And there are 24 "functional" and "theater engagement" plans covering day-to-day drug war, peacekeeping and overseas presence missions.
		For example, the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) was created in the 1980s during the days of maximum fear of the left-wing Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A40861-2001May17?language=printer (936 words)

	The Creation of SIOP-62: More Evidence on the Origins of Overkill
		The essence of the first SIOP was a massive nuclear strike on military and urban-industrial targets in the Soviet Union, China, and their allies.
		The SIOP's tremendous importance-its implementation would mean the death of millions---has made it a subject of acute interest among historians and social scientists, and, to be sure, the subject of many FOIA requests.
		Lee doubted whether the plan made effective use of the nascent missile force; recognizing that Polaris missiles were not accurate enough to destroy "hard point" military targets, Lee believed that they could "be very effectively used in their intended role of deterrent/retaliation" by targeting urban-industrial centers.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB130 (9526 words)

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		Despite this position, U.S. forces on Okinawa were maintained on nuclear alert as part of the SIOP for several years after the reversion of the island, and some forces even increased their nuclear alert role in the 1970s.
		During this period, POLO was responsible for the production of the Reconnaissance Plan portion of the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) for the Pacific Command (PACOM), as well as various other nuclear planning documents.
		By 1972, modernization of the SIOP planning process allowed Pacific Command to move the POLO function to Hawaii as part of an overall consolidation of SIOP planning.
	menic.utexas.edu /~bennett/__338/jp_nukes.htm (2462 words)

	Alsos: The Creation of SIOP-62: More Evidence on the Origins of Overkill
		First created in 1960, the SIOP called for large-scale retaliatory or preemptive nuclear attacks on military and industrial targets in the Soviet Union, China, and other communist nations in Eastern Europe and Asia should a Soviet strike appear imminent.
		The attack plan made no distinction between whether the Soviet Union’s allies were at war with the U.S. or not.
		They are complemented by informative commentary that tells the history behind the declassification of the documents and briefly describes the changes to the plan made by different presidents.
	alsos.wlu.edu /information.aspx?id=2531 (211 words)

	World-Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS)
		The effective operation of the WWMCCS rests upon the understanding of its concepts and objectives and its innovative support by those charged with its design and operation. Every effort must be made to ensure this understanding and encourage this support.
		To prepare strategic plans and provide for the strategic direction of the Armed Forces, including the direction of operations conducted by the Commanders of the Unified and Specified Commands and the discharge of any other function of command for such commands directed by the Secretary of Defense.
		Operate, for the Secretary of Defense, the NMCS to meet the needs of the NCA. He will establish operational policies and procedures for all components of the NMCS and ensure their implementation.
	biotech.law.lsu.edu /blaw/dodd/corres/xml/d510030x.xml (1002 words)

	TomDispatch - Tomgram: Jon Else on the Museum of Attempted Suicide
		The SIOP -- and the United States has had one of these ever since -- was a full-scale operational plan for a "preemptive" nuclear attack not just on the Soviet Union, but on the Communist world, which was simply to be obliterated.
		Power was reported to have said that he hoped no one would think of that 'because it would really screw up the plan' -- that is, the plan was supposed to be executed as a whole.
		Apparently Shoup then observed that 'any plan that kills millions of Chinese when it isn't even their war is not a good plan.
	www.tomdispatch.com /index.mhtml?pid=1680 (2533 words)

	NTI: Facts & Figures
		US SIOP-62 (Single Integrated Operational Plan of 1962) called for a single plan under which the United States would launch all its strategic nuclear weapons upon initiation of war with the USSR.
		There was a 43% reduction in the number of Russian operational strategic nuclear warheads, from 10,280 in 1991 to 5,870 in 2000.
		There was a 52% reduction in the number of Russian operational strategic nuclear delivery vehicles from 2,509 in 1991 to 1,207 in 2000.
	www.nti.org /h_learnmore/h2_factoids.html (2224 words)

	Lyman Louis Lemnitzer Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Lyman Louis Lemnitzer (1899-1988), American soldier-statesman and respected strategist, was one of the principal post-World War II architects of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP).
		He was the driving force behind the development of the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), the U.S. joint strategic nuclear strike plan, still the backbone of the U.S. strategy for deterrence.
		When President Kennedy altered the plans for the Bay of Pigs operation without reference to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lemnitzer was out of the country on an around-the-world trip.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/lyman-louis-lemnitzer (1155 words)

	START III, Nuclear War Plans and the Cold War Mindset
		The former nuclear republics of the USSR (Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan) were dropped from the SIOP in 1997, but nevertheless the list grew from 2,500 in 1995 to 3,000 in the year 2000.
		By comparison, the SIOP consists of 65 LAOs against Russia, each ranging from 2 to 120 weapons; and a handful of Major Attack Options, the smallest of which would send more than 1,000 U.S. strategic warheads to attack Russia's nuclear complex.
		Add it all up, and you get 2,500 U.S. warheads at minimum that are deemed necessary to fulfill the SIOP goals against Russia and China (the two countries that, as Vice-President Gore says, represent our "vital partners," not our "enemies").
	www.cdi.org /dm/2000/issue5/Start.html (1023 words)

	Can the Homeland Security Department be saved? - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine
		These were the basic ingredients of the first systematic, inter-service nuclear-war plan, which was being hammered out at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command in 1960.
		Burke worried, quite rightly, that the Air Force was rigging the plan so that its B52 and B47 bombers would be allotted all the essential targets while the Navy's new Polaris submarine—which, by the way, had been developed in the 1950s precisely to drive the nuclear Air Force out of business—would be sidelined.
		I got these transcripts, among several boxes of SIOP documents in Burke's papers, declassified in the early 1980s.
	www.slate.com /id/2074433/sidebar/2074541 (304 words)

	Prescription for Information Assurance: Vision, Commitment and Hard Work
		Because of the growing reliance on computer support for building and disseminating the Single Integrated Operational Plan during the 1970s and '80s, the SAC staff was particularly sensitive to threats against automated information systems.
		The IOSS was comprised of experts from across the staff with knowledge of critical specialties such as electronic warfare, operations security, destruction and psychological operations.
		The IA Officer, along with the IO Officer in the Operations and Logistics Directorate, were the Command's focal points for the defensive and offensive portions of IO.
	www.chips.navy.mil /archives/97_oct/file4.htm (1842 words)

	ARTicles: Rene -- U.S. planned use of 3,200 nukes in case of all-out war with
		U.S. planned use of 3,200 nukes in case of all-out war with
		Command, and the Army and Navy were concerned about the plan.
		Operations Arleigh Burke said in a memorandum to the Joint Chiefs of
	www.16beavergroup.org /mtarchive/archives/001118.php (528 words)

	Single Integrated Operational Plan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Single Integrated Operational Plan (or SIOP - pronounced sy´-ahp) is a blueprint that tells how American nuclear weapons would be used in the event of nuclear attacks.
		A 'strong' counterforce strike (military targets) using up to 1,500 warheads would kill around 120 million Russians; a 'limited' countervalue strike (civilian targets) of just 200 warheads would kill around 50 million Russians [1].
		Separate operational plans from the Air Force and the Navy were integrated into a single SIOP with coordinated targeting and strategy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Single_Integrated_Operational_Plan (1215 words)

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