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Dec 7, 2020 · The United States concluded that it “won” because it had more nuclear weapons than the Soviet Union, so we worked to sustain and increase that lead. The Soviets concluded that they “lost” because they did not have enough nuclear weapons, so they began a major nuclear buildup.
Mar 7, 2024 · The United States is now preparing to build new nuclear warheads for the first time since 1991, part of a decades-long program to overhaul its nuclear forces that’s estimated to cost up to $2 ...
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- What Is ‘Nuclear Posture’?
- What It Takes to Deter
- The Limitations of Nuclear Deterrence
- Recommendations
Nuclear posture is a state’s declaratory policy surrounding the purpose of its nuclear arsenal combined with matching force structures, material capabilities, and command and control structures in place for the nuclear forces.1 Because deterrence is about shaping the thinking of potential aggressors, what the United States says and what it does are...
Two leading deterrence scholars, Alex George and Richard Smoke, define deterrence as “simply the persuasion of one’s opponent that the costs and/or risksof a given course of action he might take outweigh its benefits.”4Deterrence, therefore, hinges on a rational process of calculating costs and benefits and will succeed when the opponent concludes ...
The United States must develop a nuclear posture that acknowledges the risk of nuclear war while being vigilant not to encourage nuclear proliferation. There is no nuclear posture the country can adopt that will convince other states to abandon their nuclear weapons. Most likely—and perhaps even exclusively—nuclear deterrence operations are capable...
With these deterrence principles in mind, and considering the limitations of nuclear deterrence, these are some recommendations for U.S. nuclear posture. First, the nuclear declaratory posture should focus on communicating U.S. capability and will to respond when vital interests are threatened. The bar for nuclear use should be high, but the promis...
The United States has a special responsibility to lead the way to nuclear abolition as the only country to have used atomic bombs, and as the world's biggest military power.
Jun 21, 2022 · 21 June 2022 Peace and Security. Nuclear weapons are “a deadly reminder of countries’ inability to solve problems through dialogue and collaboration”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, urging the international community to abandon them once and for all. “These weapons offer false promises of security and deterrence ...
Nov 26, 2021 · Abstract. While many consider the threat posed by nuclear weapons to be greater than ever, the general public has largely lost interest in the issue of nuclear disarmament. To reinvigorate public support for a nuclear-weapons-free world, disarmament advocates have presented a range of arguments about the necessity of nuclear abolition.
v. t. e. Nuclear disarmament is the act of reducing or eliminating nuclear weapons. Its end state can also be a nuclear-weapons-free world, in which nuclear weapons are completely eliminated. The term denuclearization is also used to describe the process leading to complete nuclear disarmament. [2] [3]
