Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Deterrent or Detriment (1). Inevitable: A comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Abstract

The report discusses the benefits and drawbacks of a tactical nuclear capability and suggests that the judgment of the military, the warfighting experts, should be used in implementing programs to maintain warfighting capability. The report also discusses the nature of an eventual test ban codified in the Limited Test Ban Treaty and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The discussion touches on the pressures for the nuclear nations to stop testing, the problems of nuclear proliferation, and agreements to a ban on nuclear testing, as well as the asymmetries between the nuclear programs of the US and USSR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 05, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763245

Entities

People

  • Joseph P. Franklin

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Warheads
  • Weapons
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies