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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Nuclear policies"”.
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Force Requirements vs. Capabilities: United States Strategic Nuclear Policy in Transition, 1981-2001
United States' strategic nuclear policy has long been at the center of debate over military and foreign policy. The awesome power of strategic nuclear weapons (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles, and long-range manned bombers) and the possibility of massive …
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Ballistic Missile and Insurgency Threats to Israel: Effects on Security Posture and Implications For Nuclear Weapons
… Arab arsenals with ballistic missiles armed with nuclear, biological, and chemical warheads could tip the scales of the Middle East security equation in favor of Israel's adversaries. The aggregate effects of Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas, and Hizballah terror campaigns are producing an …
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Nuclear weapons and British defence policy. An examination of nuclear aspects of British foreign and defence policy 1940-1990.
… thesis is an attempt to understand the role of nuclear weapons in Britain's defence and foreign policies. It works from the assumption that decisions in relation to nuclear weapons, can only be understood in the context of a broader overview of the British state's policies since the 1940's. In …
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Is nuclear deterrence rational?
… I give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss ways of approaching the subject that conform to popular views. I reject the Scripture's "an eye for an eye" principle as a basis for nuclear strategy decisions and claim that a utilitarian model is acceptable. In …
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Global terrestrial uranium supply and its policy implications : a probabilistic projection of future uranium costs
… as regards the development and deployment of nuclear fuel cycle alternatives. In this study, which was part of the MIT Study on the Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, uranium production cost projections over the next half-century are enabled through the development of a comprehensive model for …