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Some of the issues considered within nuclear strategy include: Conditions which serve a nation's interest to develop nuclear weapons; Types of nuclear weapons to be developed; How and when weapons are to be used; Many strategists argue that nuclear strategy differs from other forms of military strategy. The immense and terrifying power of the ...
Bernard Brodie (May 20, 1910 – November 24, 1978) was an American military strategist well known for establishing the basics of nuclear strategy. [1] Known as "the American Clausewitz," and "the original nuclear strategist," he was an initial architect of nuclear deterrence strategy and tried to ascertain the role and value of nuclear weapons after their creation.
Fail-deadly operation is an example of second-strike strategy, in that aggressors are discouraged from attempting a first strike attack. Under fail-deadly nuclear deterrence, policies and procedures controlling the retaliatory strike authorize launch even if the existing command and control structure has already been neutralized by a first strike.
This category deals with military strategy for the use of nuclear weapons, in particular during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. The main article for this category is nuclear strategy .
In nuclear strategy, a first strike or preemptive strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country's ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country can survive the weakened retaliation while the opposing side is left unable to continue war.
A closely related tactic is the decapitation strike, which destroys an enemy's nuclear command and control facilities and similarly has a goal to eliminate or reduce the enemy's ability to launch a second strike. Counterforce targets are almost always near to civilian population centers, which would not be spared in the event of a counterforce ...
Singapore strategy; Strategic and Defence Studies Centre; Strategic bombing; Strategic defence; Strategic depth; Strategic goal (military) Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II; Strategic railway; Strategic victory; Strategy of tension; Strategy of the central position; Surrender (military) Suwałki Gap; Swarming (military)
Charles Louis Glaser (born 1954) is a scholar of international relations theory, known for his work on defensive realism, [1] [2] as well as nuclear strategy [3] [4] and U.S. policy toward China. He is a Senior Fellow in the Security Studies Program at MIT and an Emeritus Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George ...