Author: Desmond BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Issues in Strategic and Nuclear Targeting
Author: Desmond BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Strategic Nuclear Targeting
Author: Desmond BallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Targeting for Strategic Deterrence
Author: Desmond BallPublisher:
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Amerikanske synspunkter, som de har udviklet sig, vedrørende anvendelsen af atomvåben.
Moving Targets
Author: Scott Douglas SaganPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691221758
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In what Stanley Hoffmann, writing in The New York Review of Books, has called a "fine analysis and critique of American targeting policies," Sagan looks more at the operational side of nuclear strategy than previous analysts have done, seeking to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Managing U.S. Nuclear Operations in the 21st Century
Author: Charles GlaserPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 0815739621
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Exploring how the United States manages its still-powerful nuclear arsenal Arms control agreements and the end of the Cold War have made the prospect of nuclear war a distant fear for the general public. But the United States and its principal rivals—China and Russia—still maintain sizable arsenals of nuclear weapons, along with the systems for managing them and using them if that terrible day ever comes. Managing U.S. Nuclear Operations in the 21st Century focuses on how theories and policies are put into practice in managing nuclear forces in the United States. It addresses such questions as: What have been the guiding priorities of U.S. nuclear strategy since the end of the Cold War? What nuclear attack options would the president have during a war? How are these war plans developed and reviewed by civilian and military leaders? How would presidential orders be conveyed to the uniformed men and women who are entrusted with U.S. nuclear weapons systems? And are these communications systems and supporting capabilities vulnerable to disruption or attack? The answers to such questions depend on the process by which national strategy for nuclear deterrence, developed by civilian leaders, is converted into nuclear war plans and the entire range of procedures for implementing those plans if necessary. The chapter authors have extensive experience in government, the armed forces, and the analytic community. Drawing on their firsthand knowledge, as well as the public record, they provide unique, authoritative accounts of how the United States manages it nuclear forces today. This book will be of interest to the national security community, particularly younger experts who did not grow up in the nuclear-centric milieu of the Cold War. Any national security analyst, professional, or government staffer seeking to learn more about nuclear modernization policy and the U.S. nuclear arsenal should be interested in this book. It should also be of interest to professors and students who want a deep understanding of U.S. nuclear policy.
Retaliatory Issues for the U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces
Author: United States. Congressional Budget OfficePublisher:
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Category : Civil defense
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Soviet Strategic Nuclear Targeting. Sanitized
Author: William T. LeePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This report investigated Soviet Strategic Nuclear Targeting procedures against a limited target set. Included are objectives, doctrine, tactics, and an evaluation of nuclear weapons effects against selected target categories as viewed from Soviet Perspective. Keywords: Soviet strategic targeting, Strategic nuclear targeting, Soviet targeting procedures, Nuclear weapons targeting.
Battlefield Nuclear Weapons
Author: Stephen D. BiddlePublisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780819176042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Battlefield nuclear weapons (BNW) have become a major Alliance concern. In the wake of the INF Treaty, the superpower summit at Reykjavik, and the proposals of Mikhail Gorbachev, NATO is reevaluating nearly every aspect of its defense posture. This book is designed to contribute to that reevaluation by analyzing what deterrent value BNW have, and whether they offer the military capability necessary to offset the potential damage to Alliance cohesion. To help sort out answers to these questions, CSIA held a conference on BNW, organized by fellows Stephen Biddle and Peter Feaver. This paper, in presenting the results of that conference, has three purposes: to introduce the issues raised by BNW in the post-INF era, to present a survey of the specialist debate, and to analyze the disagreements underlying the debate. Co-published with Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University.
The Verification Challenge
Author: SCRIBNERPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489966781
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The State, Society, and Limited Nuclear War
Author: Eric MlynPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438413378
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This book highlights the role that domestic politics has played in the evolution of U.S. nuclear weapons policy up to the present. Mlyn focuses on the relationship among the three levels of this policy: public statements, force posture, and nuclear targeting. He shows that although state officials since 1960 maintained a policy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) in public, U. S. nuclear targeting in fact embraced Nuclear Utilization Theory (NUTS). Because this view of using nuclear weapons to fight a limited nuclear war was unpopular with the public, however, state officials did not articulate it fully until the early 1980s. Thus, although the Reagan administration was accused of radically changing nuclear weapons policy, it was actually continuing a long trend more openly. Drawing on theories of the state, archives, and interviews with top defense policymakers, this book tells an important story of interest to any reader concerned with how security policy is fashioned in the United States.