<h2>AAS 97-102</h2>
<h2>SHORT RESPONSE TIME OPTIONS FOR IMPENDING ASTEROID COLLISION                                                                                     </h2>
<h4> D. G. Tuckness, Jr. and T. McGaha, The University of Texas at Arlington                                                                                                  </h4>
<h2> Abstract </h2>
 The impact of the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter brought the danger of asteroid  or comet collision to the forefront.  In this paper, a survey is made of U.S. ICBMs  and SLBMs, using published figures for range and payload to estimate the maximum  altitudes attainable, and hence the maximum intercept distances.  Then, estimates  are made both for the  V required to achieve a "clean miss" and for the  V  capabilities for a single missile.  Finally, various intercept strategies will be  investigated, from sequential strikes to a full time-on-target salvo.