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Title: Stability issues in reconstitution by weapon addition

Abstract

Reconstitution of strategic forces by the unilateral uploading of additional weapons from initially symmetric modest force levels reduces first strike stability. These changes are quantified and traced to changes in first and second strike costs in a model of missile exchanges in which both strikes are optimized analytically.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
560822
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-97-3149
ON: DE98001555; TRN: 98:000305
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; STABILITY; WARFARE; MILITARY STRATEGY; ARMS CONTROL

Citation Formats

Canavan, G H. Stability issues in reconstitution by weapon addition. United States: N. p., 1997. Web. doi:10.2172/560822.
Canavan, G H. Stability issues in reconstitution by weapon addition. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/560822
Canavan, G H. 1997. "Stability issues in reconstitution by weapon addition". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/560822. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/560822.
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abstractNote = {Reconstitution of strategic forces by the unilateral uploading of additional weapons from initially symmetric modest force levels reduces first strike stability. These changes are quantified and traced to changes in first and second strike costs in a model of missile exchanges in which both strikes are optimized analytically.},
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year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997}
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