Nuclear Deterrence


Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent -- Jon Kyl and Richard Perle  -- Wall Street Journal  -- June 30, 2009
Nuclear Modernization

The authors argue that the Obama administration's moves to pursue and strengthen nuclear arms control is weakening the U.S. nuclear deterrent and inviting attack.


US Considering Implications of Nuclear Decline -- Robert Burns  -- Associated Press  -- October 27, 2008
Nuclear Proliferation

The U.S. defense community is debating the furture of its nuclear arsenal at a time when both it's competence in handling the world's largest arsenal has been called into question and when international efforts to contain the spread of such weapons look increasingly ineffective.


We Can Live With a Nuclear Iran -- Barry R. Posen  -- New York Times  -- February 27, 2006
Iran

Barry Posen argues that containing and deterring the threat of a nuclear Iran is preferrable to the consquences that would result from military action to prevent it.


China stocks nukes as anti-U.S. tactic -- Bill Gertz  -- Washington Times  -- July 28, 2005
Nuclear Proliferation

China is building up its nuclear forces as part of a secret strategy targeting the United States, according to a former Chinese diplomat.


Russia Seeks Safety in Nuclear Arms -- David Holley  -- Los Angeles Times  -- December 6, 2004
Missile Defense

Russia is relying more and more on its strategic nuclear arsenal as its conventional strength continues to deteriorate.


When a Virtual Bomb May Be Better Than the Real Thing -- David E. Sanger  -- New York Times  -- December 5, 2004
Nuclear Proliferation

The current negotiations with Iran over their possible nuclear weapons program show that a country can gain just as much credibility by demonstrating the capacity to develop a nuclear weapons program (a "virtual bomb") as if they were to actually test one.


New Threats, Old Weapons -- Robert R. Monroe  -- Washington Post  -- November 15, 2004
Nuclear Proliferation

The author argues that for the U.S. nuclear arsenal to remain an effective deterrent, our nuclear weapons "must have greatly increased accuracy, reduced yields, specialized capabilities (such as deep earth penetration) and tailored effects (such as ability to neutralize chemical-biological agents)."


Israel said still making nuclear weapons -- Susanna Loof  -- Seattle Post Intelligencer  -- April 21, 2004
Israel

Israel continues to produce atomic weapons and already has hundreds of nuclear warheads, researchers said as the country released a man imprisoned for 18 years for leaking nuclear secrets.


Experts Warn of Accidental U.S., Russian Missile Launches -- David Ruppe  -- Global Security Newswire  -- January 28, 2004
Accidental or Unauthorized Nuclear Launch

The United States and Russia unnecessarily continue to maintain thousands of strategic nuclear missiles on high alert for mutual deterrence, heightening the possibility of a catastrophic, unintended launch, according to Bruce Blair, president of the Center for Defense Information.


Will Conventional ICBMs Destroy Deterrence? -- Dr. Robert L. Butterworth  -- Aerospace Power Journal  -- September 1, 2001
Nuclear Proliferation

"In light of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, some scholars argue that the use of extended-range weapons does not provide deterrence and invites unnecessary risks. In this article, Dr. Butterworth contends that deploying only a small number of ICBMs will not erode US deterrence and that proposing a nonnuclear alternative of conventional ICBMs might boost, rather than erode, Russian confidence that a US nuclear strike is highly unlikely."

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