Stability at low symmetric force levels

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/562548· OSTI ID:562548

Canavan, G H

At low force levels stability indices depend primarily on the number of vulnerable missiles and the number of weapons on them. The index reduces to a product of the number of vulnerable missiles and the differences between normalized second and first strikes by vulnerable weapons. As the number of weapons per vulnerable missile decreases, the index rapidly approaches stability. Further reductions in vulnerable and survivable missiles and weapons do not affect stability, although they do reduce first and second strikes. Modest weapon reconstitution degrades stability significantly.

• 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: 562548
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-97-3728; ON: DE98001568; TRN: 98:000403
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

35 ARMS CONTROL
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
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STABILITY
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