Search: Nuclear weapons,USA,International security (25 materials)

 

Disarmament in History and at Present: Theory vs. Practice

... they could be used against the Saracens. After all, following the successful First Crusade of 1096–1099, skirmishes with Muslims continued in Palestine and plans for a... ... defense system with space-based components (“Star Wars”), which aimed to render nuclear weapons “impotent and obsolete”. This proposal translated into a massive... ... Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security Innovative systems and disruptive technologies At the short-lived...

28.08.2024

A Duo of Strategic Counteraction

... essence of “extended deterrence” is changing: “nuclear umbrellas” are being replaced by supporting the possible use of nuclear weapons by non-nuclear forces. This trend is particularly evident in the interaction between Washington and Seoul, which ... ... Huasheng, Andrey Kortunov: Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security There is also a Russian-Chinese agreement on notifications of launches of ballistic missiles and space ...

01.08.2024

U.S. Recent Plans in National Air Defense: The East Asia Dimension

... experiments suggested the U.S. would win the war or achieve a most favorable settlement of the conflict in case of their refusal to destroy cities [ 2 ]. In the time of President Richard Nixon, the U.S. military initiated a new response strategy aimed ... ... 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 ...

08.05.2024

Prepare for the Worst and Strive for the Best. Russia’s and China’s Perceptions of Developments in International Security

..., like all wars it has caused enormous suffering on both sides, with hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians killed and wounded, cities and houses reduced... ... that the two sides had very different perceptions about very fundamental dimensions of international security and global governance. In the West, they assumed that the future... ... consequences of a nuclear war, which was also recognized by Khrushchev himself. Now, since nuclear weapons have not been used for nearly 80 years since Hiroshima-Nagasaki at the...

12.03.2024

Space development: Star Wars or Star Trek?

... interest in the already not so new, but still exciting, topic of "star wars." Indeed, the potential deployment of nuclear weapons in space could lead to a significant shift in the global balance of military power. Disabling an adversary's satellites ... ... of us depend on satellites more and more. Today, they are widely used by both public and private sectors, and every year thousands of satellites arrive in already crowded orbits. To blind even a few of them—for example, with high-precision laser beams—would ...

28.02.2024

A Monsoon Instead of a Gentle Breeze: Creeping Nuclearization in the Asia-Pacific

... non-traditional security challenges in the region have been extensively discussed as of late. The pronounced relationship between nuclear weapons and conventional forces is merely one instance that demonstrates the relevance of the nuclear factor in this context.... ... Washington’s stockpiles still surpass those of Beijing roughly tenfold, even though China is predicted to have about a thousand nuclear warheads by 2030. Moreover, preventing bilateral arms control arrangements from crumbling—let alone strengthening ...

26.02.2024

Escalation Signaling in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Strategic Russia-US Relationship

... any other launched missile. It doesn’t make that much difference, except it’s almost impossible to stop it’. Similarly, USAF Commander Gen. Wolfers claimed that Russia’s aim was ‘to demonstrate the capability and attempt to put fear in the hearts ... ... such as UAVs, through ‘tailored combinations of conventional … capabilities, together with the unique deterrent effect of nuclear weapons.’ Further, as noted by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, the dual capability of hypersonic missiles may ...

05.02.2024

A Dangerous Gamble: The Russia-American Nuclear Game in the Ukraine Crisis

... outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Russia and the United States have been engaged in an almost open nuclear game, but in different forms and with different objectives. Both Russia and the United States are well aware of the presence of the nuclear weapons factor in this conflict. Russia's main objective is to deter the United States and NATO from directly intervening in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The U.S., on the other hand, tends to believe that Russia will not or dare not use nuclear ...

21.11.2023

Predicting a Tripolar Nuclear World: Where Does the United States Fit In?

... 2018 during Donald Trump’s presidency. One of the key functions of any publicly available strategic document is to deliver information to other states – both friendly and hostile. Yet only in few areas does this matter as much as in the field of nuclear weapons. NDS-2022, and particularly NPR-2022, contain a significant number of clearly defined U.S. norms and doctrinal guidelines regarding nuclear weapons and strategic stability, with the main target audience being the top political brass of ...

06.02.2023

Special Warheads and the Special Military Operation

... immediately after the start of the special military operation (SMO), large-scale warfighting in Ukraine prompted discussions of nuclear weapons-related threats and even of the expediency of using such weapons. At the same time, such comments and statements ... ... including legislators, from making public statements concerning permissibility of nuclear strikes or from putting forward accusations of nuclear terrorism. Third, with an NPT Review Conference coming up, it would appear very useful to re-launch the activities ...

06.07.2022
 

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