Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces: Implications for U.S. Strategy

Abstract

This study examines the possible roles of nuclear weapons in contemporary U.S. national security policy. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been reexamining its basic assumptions about foreign policy and various instruments of national security policy to define its future needs. Nowhere is such an examination more important than in the nuclear arena.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA438870

Entities

People

  • Calvin Shipbaugh
  • David Matonick
  • Glenn C. Buchan
  • Richard Mesic

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Air Force
  • Anti-Ballistic Missiles
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Geography
  • Guided Bombs
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies