Nuclear deterrence: New risks, new opportunities

Book · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6142423

Quester, G; Kellerher, C; Kerr, F J

The authors express their views of where the US is and where it is going in terms of the current nuclear deterrence. Contents (partial): New technologies: the catalysts for reduction in nuclear arms. What has happened to arms control, Risk and opportunity: can we tell them apart. Global shield causes nuclear news, or good news. Cool heads and hot weapons. Winning versus doing well. Deterrence reconsidered: the challenge of recent research. The strategic defense initiative. No-first-use and no-cities: why do people disagree. Significant reductions. Deterrence to further proliferation of nuclear weapons. Launch-on-warning. West European politics and extended deterrence. The current nuclear dilemma: a Chinese view.

• OSTI ID: 6142423
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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