Stability of regional configurations

Conference · Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:334340

Canavan, G H

At moderate force levels the first strike stability index is proportional to the first strike cost, so as the attacker minimizes attack costs, he automatically minimizes stability. Weapons grow rapidly and saturate to levels comparable to the number of value targets held at risk. This growth could appear destabilizing to dominant regional powers, whose response could in turn appear threatening to the major nuclear powers, which could slow or halt efforts towards deep reductions. The fundamental way to alter these pressures appears to be through reducing the likelihood of regional crises by removing these fundamental antagonisms.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 334340
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-98-3593; CONF-980885-; ON: DE99002247; TRN: AHC29914%%144
• Resource Relation: Conference: 23. session of the international seminars on planetary emergencies, Erice (Italy), 19-25 Aug 1998; Other Information: PBD: 13 Aug 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
35 ARMS CONTROL
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MISSILES
PROLIFERATION
ARMS CONTROL
NUCLEAR WEAPONS