Toward True Security: A U.S. Nuclear Posture for the Next Decade

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dc.contributor.authorFetter, Steve
dc.contributor.authorBlair, Bruce G.
dc.contributor.authorCochran, Thomas B.
dc.contributor.authorCollina, Tom Z.
dc.contributor.authorDean, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorGarwin, Richard L.
dc.contributor.authorGottfried, Kurt
dc.contributor.authorGronlund, Lisbeth
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Henry
dc.contributor.authorMcKinzie, Matthew G.
dc.contributor.authorNorris, Robert S.
dc.contributor.authorSegal, Adam
dc.contributor.authorSherman, Robert
dc.contributor.authorvon Hippel, Frank N.
dc.contributor.authorWright, David
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-15T20:26:15Z
dc.date.available2006-12-15T20:26:15Z
dc.date.issued2001-06
dc.description.abstractThis report proposes a nuclear weapons policy for the United States for the next decade that reflects today’s political and strategic realities. By contrast, the official policies and doctrines of both the United States and Russia are mired in Cold War patterns of thought. Eleven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, both countries still maintain massive nuclear arsenals ready for nearly instant use. Although nuclear war plans differ in size and detail from those drawn up 20 or more years ago, their basic structure remains unchanged. The US nuclear arsenal and doctrine were designed to deter a deliberate large-scale Soviet nuclear attack on the United States and a massive Soviet conventional attack on US European allies, as well as to preserve the option of a disarming first strike against Soviet nuclear forces. This force structure and doctrine are obsolete and jeopardize American national security.en
dc.description.sponsorshipFederation of American Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Union of Concerned Scientistsen
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationBruce G. Blair, Thomas B. Cochran, Tom Z. Collina, Jonathan Dean, Steve Fetter, Richard L. Garwin, Kurt Gottfried, Lisbeth Gronlund, Henry Kelly, Matthew G. McKinzie, Robert S. Norris, Adam Segal, Robert Sherman, Frank N. von Hippel, David Wright, and Stephen Young, Toward True Security: A U.S. Nuclear Posture for the Next Decade (Washington, DC: Federation of American Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Union of Concerned Scientists, June 2001), 33 pgs;en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/4019
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherUnion of Concerned Scientistsen
dc.relation.isAvailableAtSchool of Public Policyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtPublic Policyen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_us
dc.subjectnuclear weaponsen
dc.subjectweapons policyen
dc.subjectnational securityen
dc.titleToward True Security: A U.S. Nuclear Posture for the Next Decadeen
dc.typeArticleen

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