Nuclear weapons and the gray area
Journal Article
·
· Foreign Aff.; (United States)
A major issue facing the United States and its European allies is what to do about the nuclear threat to Western Europe, and to NATO's deterrent, posed by Soviet systems targeted on Western Europe - the SS-20 mobile missile and other Soviet weapons in the gray area between the strategic and the tactical. The prospect of strategic parity between the U.S. and the Soviet Union sharpens Europe's long-standing doubt that the U.S. would in fact launch a nuclear attack against the Soviet Union in defense of Western Europe. The author reviews some of the SALT II provisions in this context and offers studied advice to strengthen the NATO position in defense of Western Europe.
- Research Organization:
- International Inst. for Strategic Studies, London, England
- OSTI ID:
- 6235733
- Journal Information:
- Foreign Aff.; (United States), Journal Name: Foreign Aff.; (United States) Vol. 57:5; ISSN FRNAA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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