The Future of the U. S. -Soviet Nuclear Relationship.

The Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Executive Summary -- NOTE -- I Introduction: the Changing Political/Military Environment for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy -- THE EMERGING SECURITY POLICY -- EUROPE -- EAST ASIA -- OTHER STRATEGIC AREAS -- NOTES -- II New Objectives for Nuclear Weapons Policy -- INTRODUCTION -- U.S. DETERRENCE POLICIES -- NUCLEAR DEPLOYMENTS -- III Prospects for Cooperative Security Arrangements and Nuclear Nonproliferation -- EUROPE -- ASIA -- NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION -- NOTE -- IV Nuclear Forces -- INTRODUCTION -- CENTRAL STRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES -- Numbers of Targets and Weapons -- A Next Step After START -- A Lower Level for Later -- Sample Survivable Force Structures -- NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN EUROPE -- NUCLEAR WEAPONS ELSEWHERE -- REDUCTIONS IN THE STOCKPILE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- BAN ON NUCLEAR TESTING -- NOTES -- V Controlling Strategic Force Operations -- INTRODUCTION -- COMMAND SYSTEM PROTECTION -- PERMISSIVE ACTION LINKS (PALS) -- COOPERATIVE WARNING -- RESILIENT SECOND STRIKE TARGETING -- NOTES -- VI Summary of Conclusions -- THE CURRENT SECURITY CONTEXT -- THE FUTURE EVOLUTION OF THE SECURITY CONTEXT -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES AFFECTING THE EVOLUTION OF NUCLEAR FORCES -- SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS ON STRATEGIC FORCE CONFIGURATIONS -- SPECIFIC CONCLUSIONS ON NONSTRATEGIC NUCLEAR FORCES -- Appendix A Current U.S. and Soviet Strategic Forces and the START Limits -- EXPLANATION OF THE FIGURE -- Appendix B Target Allocation Issues -- NOTES -- Appendix C The Sensitivity of Strike Results to Preattack Planning Factors -- NOTE -- Glossary.

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