... 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 ...
... training. France’s sole aircraft carrier R91
Charles de Gaulle
does not carry ASMP-A on a permanent basis and missiles are stored in the Air Force’s arsenals during peacetime; however, positioning the aircraft carrier as part of the country’s Strategic Nuclear Forces is a somewhat strange move itself. Nuclear weapons were offloaded from all U.S. aircraft carriers by the middle of 1992 and modern carrier-based F/A-18E/F and F-35C fighters are not intended for such purposes [
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The employment of an aircraft carrier as a platform for fighters armed ...
... to 86 per cent of Russia’s SNFs in “delivery systems” and 87 per cent in “explosive tonnage”.
The development of strategic nuclear forces (SNF) is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in light of the latest United States Nuclear Posture ... ... development of new nuclear delivery vehicles. China is also developing its own SNF. To assess the role and place of various types of nuclear weapons in the overall structure of nuclear deterrence, we have developed a simplified model of SNF “interaction” ...
North Korea's Strategic Nuclear Forces
On July 3, 2016, North Korea will mark its first ever Strategic Forces Day. Following the fourth nuclear ... ... by both sides. This article will mention only some of the most important events
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. Kim Il-Sung was probably interested in nuclear weapons ever since they first appeared, and the 1950–1953 war during which the United States unambiguously threatened ...
... is usually measured by the number of carriers, and of its readiness to launch a nuclear strike in several waves.
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Infographics. China marks 50 years of nuclear
weapons
It is the preemptive strike that attaches any value to China’s strategic nuclear forces.
China’s nuclear weapons stockpile
of some 300 warheads mounted on strategic delivery vehicles, including fission bombs of 15-40 kt and 3 mt yield as well as 3 to 5 mt and more modern 200-300 kt missile warheads, appears to be a more realistic estimate. Another ...
