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Title: Hedge math: Theoretical limits on minimum stockpile size across nuclear hedging strategies

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1335071
 [1];  [2]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

In June 2013, the Department of Defense published a congressionally mandated, unclassified update on the U.S. Nuclear Employment Strategy. Among the many updates in this document are three key ground rules for guiding the sizing of the non-deployed U.S. nuclear stockpile. Furthermore, these ground rules form an important and objective set of criteria against which potential future stockpile hedging strategies can be evaluated.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1335071
Report Number(s):
SAND-2016-8662J; 647136
Resource Relation:
Conference: CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues 2014 Winter Conference., Washington, DC (United States), 9-10 Dec 2014
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English