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A Joint Nuclear Force?

... text by Ira Straus, Chairman of the Center for War/Peace Studies in New York. The idea of overcoming the impending deadlock in nuclear disarmament (including involving third countries) through the creation of a joint Russian-U.S. nuclear force based on ... ... third countries in being included in such a system, indeed, can lead to a subsequent "U-turn" in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It seems useful to try to identify specific nuclear weapons systems that may be put under joint command without ...

30.03.2017

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A Dangerous Alternative

... can only deliver a limited number of strikes on assets to coerce a potential aggressor into peace. The modern advocates of a “non-nuclear world” have failed to come up with any plausible argument in favour of resuming the debate on deep nuclear disarmament. Strategic nuclear weapons make it possible to inflict unacceptable damage on the enemy, or at least increase the cost of possible aggression. By contrast, deep nuclear disarmament would diminish the potential to cause unacceptable damage to the aggressor. The cost ...

12.08.2015

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