The future of nuclear weapons: Final study report

Technical Report · Wed Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6970185

Garrity, P J

This report summarizes the findings of a three-year study by the Center for National Security Studies (CNSS) that evaluated the long-term (thirty-year) future of nuclear weapons. The Future of Nuclear Weapons (FNW) Study sought (a) to identify and analyze the key long-term political, military, and technical trends that will influence the future of nuclear weapons in order (b) to provide a basis for analyzing the impact of these trends on future Department of Energy/Los Alamos programs and activities. The FNW Study was not intended to predict which specific nuclear weapons systems that the United States will deploy in the year 2020. The FNW Study was instead designed to develop insights rather than specific and detailed conclusions about the future of nuclear weapons. These insights are offered to challenge the reader and identify the appropriate issues for further consideration, and not to predict that a particular future nuclear course is preordained.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6970185
• Report Number(s): LA-11751; CNSS--8; ON: DE90007977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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