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In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 391
ISSN: 0014-2123
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In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Band 32, Heft 2, S. 391
ISSN: 0014-2123
In: The Brookings review, Band 2, Heft 2, S. 26
In: Administrative Science Quarterly, Band 21, Heft 2, S. 360
In: International Security, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 138
In: International security, Band 1, S. 138-181
ISSN: 0162-2889
In: International security, Band 1, Heft 1, S. 138-181
ISSN: 0162-2889
World Affairs Online
World Affairs Online
During four decades of experience with nuclear weapons, public awareness and discussion have focused on their basic properties and capabilities--the explosive power they contain, the technical capabilities of the missiles and aircraft that carry them, the size of the Soviet and American arsenals, and the magnitude of destruction those arsenals could accomplish. Yet little attention has been paid to the technologies, procedures, and organizational arrangements used to manage and control nuclear forces. Many assert the importance of "command, control, communications, and intelligence" (C3I), but serious and detailed studies supporting that assertion are few. Managing Nuclear Operations provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of U.S. Nuclear operations and command and control. The contributors, experienced in operations and C3I., discuss peace-time safety and control of nuclear weapons worldwide, the survival under nuclear attack of the reasonable command authorities presupposed by deterrence theory, and the means for terminating nuclear war before it escalates to all-out exchanges. They describe command posts, warning sensors, communications technologies, the selection of nuclear targets, and the exercise of political authority over nuclear operations. The decisionmaking process of command and control is examined, as are the various perspectives of the decisionmakers.
World Affairs Online
In: Studies in defense policy
World Affairs Online
In: Arms control today, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 45
ISSN: 0196-125X
In: Middle East report: MER ; Middle East research and information project, MERIP, Band 22, Heft 4/177, S. 2-33
ISSN: 0888-0328, 0899-2851
World Affairs Online
In: The Brookings review, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 47
In: Foreign affairs: an American quarterly review, Band 71, Heft 2, S. 191
ISSN: 2327-7793
In: International Security, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 194