... have acted purely out of “responsibility” and “sincere commitment to nuclear disarmament” (at least, it would be a positive message to non-nuclear states at the 2026 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons).
New START does not necessarily have to end next February: although the treaty does not provide for more than one extension of up to five years, neither does it mention any “suspension.” This is a bilateral accord between sovereign ...
... an Attempt to Look “Beyond the Horizon”
In
Part I
, we briefly outlined the development of strategic nuclear forces (SNF) from the middle to the end of the Cold War, the emergence of today’s nuclear triad, and elaborated on possible ways for ... ... Yermakov:
Nuclear Future: Rethinking the Nuclear Forces in the Days to Come
Heavy aircraft served as the first carriers of nuclear weapons, free-falling bombs, and for a long time, they remained the principal carriers. As time went by, bombs were first ...
... initiatives” of Bush, Gorbachev and Yeltsin, the two governments agreed not to arm vessels on patrol duty with non-strategic nuclear weapons. In the early 2010s, the United States retired its remaining nuclear-capable
Tomahawks
altogether. The feeble ... ... usual is not an option. Following below is a brief and inevitably superficial outline of the key challenges facing each of the SNF triad components and their potential solutions.
The Land Component: Challenge of Vulnerability
In the modern world, the land-based ...
