The Hill: A Nuclear Pearl Harbor in Our Future?

Abstract

A nuclear Pearl Harbor may begin, and end, World War III. Like the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941, most U.S. nuclear forces today are sitting ducks. Bombers are not nuclear-armed or maintained on strip alert, and most missile submarines (SSBNs) typically are in port.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 07, 2020
Accession Number
AD1117088

Entities

People

  • Peter V. Pry

Organizations

  • United States Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command Control Communications
  • Communications Intelligence
  • Counter Rocket, Artillery, And Mortor
  • Department Of Defense
  • Intelligence Community
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • Korea
  • National Security
  • New York
  • North Korea
  • North Vietnam
  • Second World War
  • South China Sea
  • South Korea
  • Space Based
  • Submarines
  • United States
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Vietnam War
  • War

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Hydrologic Risk Analysis and Mitigation.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies