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Stability issues in reconstitution by weapon addition

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/560822· OSTI ID:560822

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.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., 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:
560822
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--97-3149; ON: DE98001555
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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