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Category : Arms control
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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An Analysis of Administration Strategic Arms Reduction and Modernization Proposals
Author: An Analysis of Administration Strategic Arms Reduction and Modernization Proposals
Author: An Analysis of Administration, Strategic Arms Reduction and Modernization Proposals
Author: Lawrence J. CavaiolaAn Analysis of Administration Strategic Arms Reduction and Modernization Proposals
Author: Lawrence J. CavaiolaPublisher:
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Category : Arms control
Languages : en
Pages : 75
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An Analysis of Administration Strategic Arms Reduction and Moderization Proposals
Author: Modernizing U.S. Strategic Offensive Forces: The Administration's Program and Alternatives
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Languages : en
Pages : 146
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In October 1981, the Administration announced its plan to modernize all parts of the U.S. strategic deterrent. Representing the most comprehensive and far-reaching such effort in the past 20 years, the plan would expand and upgrade the triad of strategic "offensive" forces: land-based and sea-based intercontinental ballistic missiles plus long-range bombers. It would also improve the triad's communications and control systems, and strengthen U.S. defenses against attack by Soviet bombers. U.S. strategic forces are primarily intended to deter the Soviet Union from initiating a nuclear war. To do so, they must be able to survive a Soviet nuclear strike and retaliate in an appropriate and timely manner. In recent years, the Soviets have expanded and improved their strategic forces. The Administration apparently believes that in response the United States must increase not only the numbers of its forces and their chance of surviving a Soviet strike, but also their destructive capability, endurance, and responsiveness. The broad scope of the buildup and the relative share of the nation's resources to be devoted to defense in general has sparked debate, as has the high cost of individual weapons systems. Most recently, debate has centered on the Administration's proposal to deploy the MX missile. This study assesses the scope and costs of the Administration's planned modernization, taking into consideration the effects that arms control agreements could have on it. The study also considers proposals to modify the Administration's program by (1) dropping the MX missile, (2) focusing modernization efforts on submarine-based missiles rather than land-based missiles, or (3) terminating the B-1B bomber program in favor of improving existing bomber capability.
Documents on Disarmament
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1464
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 756
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March to Armageddon
Author: Ronald E. PowaskiPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198020953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980's. Focusing on the forces that have propelled the arms race and the reasons behind the repeated failures to check the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Powaski discusses such topics as the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, the debate over whether to share atomic information, the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations in the last five presidential administrations.