The Future of the U.S.-Soviet nuclear relationship / Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.). Committee on International Security and Arms Control.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--United States.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons--Soviet Union.

Nuclear arms control--United States.

Nuclear arms control.

Nuclear arms control--Soviet Union.

United States--Military relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union--Military relations--United States.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States and the Soviet Union could drastically reduce their nuclear arsenals below the levels prescribed by the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The end of the Cold War and the transformation of international security now under way present the United States with opportunities to develop new policies based on greater international cooperation with the Soviet Union and other major powers. This new book describes two lower levels of nuclear forces that could be achieved, as well as other related measures to improve international security.

Contents:

The Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Executive Summary

NOTE

I Introduction: the Changing Political/Military Environment for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

THE EMERGING SECURITY POLICY

EUROPE

EAST ASIA

OTHER STRATEGIC AREAS

NOTES

II New Objectives for Nuclear Weapons Policy

INTRODUCTION

U.S. DETERRENCE POLICIES

NUCLEAR DEPLOYMENTS

III Prospects for Cooperative Security Arrangements and Nuclear Nonproliferation

ASIA

NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

IV Nuclear Forces

CENTRAL STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES

Numbers of Targets and Weapons

A Next Step After START

A Lower Level for Later

Sample Survivable Force Structures

NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN EUROPE

NUCLEAR WEAPONS ELSEWHERE

REDUCTIONS IN THE STOCKPILE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

BAN ON NUCLEAR TESTING

V Controlling Strategic Force Operations

COMMAND SYSTEM PROTECTION

PERMISSIVE ACTION LINKS (PALS)

COOPERATIVE WARNING

RESILIENT SECOND STRIKE TARGETING

VI Summary of Conclusions

THE CURRENT SECURITY CONTEXT

THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE SECURITY CONTEXT

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AFFECTING THE EVOLUTION OF NUCLEAR FORCES

SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS ON STRATEGIC FORCE CONFIGURATIONS

SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS ON NONSTRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES

Appendix A Current U.S. and Soviet Strategic Forces and the START Limits

EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURE

Appendix B Target Allocation Issues

Appendix C The Sensitivity of Strike Results to Preattack Planning Factors

Glossary.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610211890

9781280211898

128021189X

9780309572422

0309572428

9780585009575

0585009570

OCLC:

559519274