... 24 hours, and 121 carriers or 1,139 charges within 30 days. Of particular significance are the U.S. plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons, including medium-range missiles, which further increases their strike potential. In this context, the development ... ... the protected target.
The highest density of missile defense can be provided by sea-based systems on warships with the Aegis BMDS. The characteristics of the latest modifications of the SM-3 Block IIa interceptors provide the
capability
of destroying ...
... futile. Obviously, even such specialized anti-missile complexes as the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Aegis BMD cannot ensure 100 per cent interception
[16]
, and nothing less will suffice when it comes to countering a nuclear attack.... ... kilometres were put into service
[17]
. These missiles, which can hit any target in Japan, have often been named as carriers of nuclear weapons in North Korea. A considerable number of these missiles is thought to have been built and they are combat-ready....
... great powers. The end of World War II ushered in the nuclear era. Ever since that time scholars have been ceaselessly debating two problems
[1]
. First: Is a direct military showdown between the nuclear powers possible? And if so, will they dare use nuclear weapons? Second: Can nuclear war be interpreted according to the Clausewitz formula whereby “war is the continuation of politics by other means”?
There is also a third view point that I find appealing: the emergence of nuclear weapons ...
Working Paper №VII, 2013
The research is conducted in the framework of joint project of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) and Atlantic Council (AC) on perspective of “mutual assured stability” model in Russia-U.S. strategic relations. The research was presented on Russian-US seminar “
Russia-U.S. relations: new impetus to cooperation
”, March 25, 2013.
Authors
:
S.M. Rogov (Lead Author), Academician, RAS, Dr. of History; V.I. Esin, Ph.D. in Military Science, retired Colonel General;...
