Crisis stability during a transition to a deterrence posture reliant on defenses

Technical Report · Thu Oct 31 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6422800

Chrzanowski, P L

Issues about the crisis stability during the transition from the present offensive weapon dominated world to one where deterrence is based on competent defenses are discussed. A simple model of a nuclear exchange is introduced and used to highlight the importance making offensive forces survivable before the deployment of wide area defenses. A simple rule is suggested how to build-up area defenses so as to prevent dominance by either side and incentives to strike first in the event of the crisis. 1 ref., 12 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6422800
• Report Number(s): UCID-20590; ON: DE86003904
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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