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...t warhead. Colonel Vaughan addresses some critical points in the attached thesis on the Reliable Replacement Warhead and the recapitalization of the nuclear weapons complex....

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...AINING THE STATUS QUO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The Stockpile is Safe and Reliable . . . . . . . 12 A Limited Role for Nuclear Weapons . . . . . .13 Nuclear Posture Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Responsive Infrastructure and Replacement Warheads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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...In Preventing Catastrophe: US Policy Options for Management of Nuclear Weapons in South Asia, Lt Col Martin J. “Marty” Wojtysiak, USAF, proposes a response to the dangerous proliferation of nuclear weapons in India and Pakistan. This paper highlights the threat in “The Nuclear Catastroph...

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...The attractiveness of Adam Lowther’s study of American nuclear weapons policy is that it explains the complexities of the issue in very clear terms. It will help all readers understand the debate. In particular, it frames the issue of nuclear weapons in relationship to the most b...

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...DISCLAIMER . . . .ii FOREWORD . . . . . v ABOUT THE AUTHOR . . . .vii SUMMARY . . . . .ix CHALLENGING NUCLEAR ABOLITION . . . 1 Nuclear Modernization . . . .3 Nuclear Abolition . . . .9 NOTES . . . .31 APPENDIX . . . .37...

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...In China as Peer Competitor? Trends in Nuclear Weapons, Space, and Information Warfare Lt Col Kathryn L. Gauthier analyzes the potential for China to emerge as a peer competitor of the United States in the coming decades. First, she examines two traditional pillar...

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...Shooting Down a Star: Program 437, the US Nuclear ASAT System and Present-Day Copycat Killers, by Lt Col Clayton K.S. Chun, is a case study of an early US antisatellite (ASAT) weapon system. In this study, Colonel Chun shows how the US Air Force developed a rudimenta...

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...PROGRAM 437: THE BEGINNINGS . . . . . . . . 1 ASAT WEAPONS: AN ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERY? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ASAT DEVELOPMENT: THE AIR FORCE LEADS THE WAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 WHY ASAT WEAPONS? . . . . . ...

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...n this context? If a surfer visits sites which deal with aberrant sex and nuclear physics in the same session - what to make of it? Moreover, the ... ...sive databases such as the human genome, weather patterns, simulations of nuclear explosions, thematic, multi-featured databases, intelligent agents... ... this context? If a surfer visits sites which deal with aberrant sex and nuclear physics in the same session - what to make of it? The public and... ... great examples) induces new rules of war (where is the Clausewitz of the nuclear chessboard?!:-))). Indeed, your comparison takes us to higher con... .... The contemporary automaton opens doors with photoelectric cells, points nuclear weapons or solves differential equations." This "wave of imagery"... ...ntemporary automaton opens doors with photoelectric cells, points nuclear weapons or solves differential equations." This "wave of imagery" convert... ...ion principle is technological, the arena is in n-dimensional spaces, the weapons are mathematics. The old knowledge of nature (and its possibilitie...

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...This study analyzes the characteristics and capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to determine their capability to carry weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The author presents an overview of the various forms of WMD—chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. The objective is to review the characteristics of both UAVs and WMD to determine if the...

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...INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE AND REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES . . . . . 5 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . . . . 13 A PROLIFERATION SCENARIO . . . . . 27 ANALYSIS . . . . . 29 CONCLUSION . . . . . 41 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . 43...

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...over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 The B-36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 SAC Missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Nuclear Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Cold War Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 The Cold War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 They Also Served . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 5 BEYOND TH...

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...ched and disarmed the Rider out in the field. No matter how primitive the weapons, security confiscated any threat to the underworld. Experience had... ... be armed. Masking his fears in facade of calm, he glanced over the four weapons now pointing at him. Such an abrupt demand to hand Alex over to ano... ...erved him to see Alex's eyes slowly opening. Shaun pushed in front of the weapons. Gliding his hand down Alex's hair, relief softened his features, ... ...he exception of one, those surrounding the outsider lowered their handheld weapons of a barrel and trigger mechanism, cabled into a backpack. Atlas f... ...is sights to her. "It’s like this; Alex holds the codes to some fandangle nuclear platform. She dies, we die, comprehend?" With the man remaining si... ...ines and somewhat calmly answered David. "The earth will be bombarded with nuclear warheads." Shaun's eyes became down cast. Angered, David wanted no... ... man's actions and sought to explain that which he knew to be untrue. The nuclear disarmament program gave birth to the orbiting space fortress, hou... ...ar disarmament program gave birth to the orbiting space fortress, housing nuclear weapons for planetary defence against asteroids and as some once be... ...considering the majority of its content was fact and the platform and its nuclear cargo did exist. Atlas followed on, trying to assure David that wha...

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...hal Ogarkov’s predictions. This thesis finds the new military doctrine (1) reverts from the defensive to an offensive preemption, (2) reverts from no nuclear first use to nuclear escalation, (3) guarantees ethnic Russians living in former Soviet states protection, (4) emphasizes the importance of military advancement in C4I, smart weapons, and mobility, and (5) emphasizes ...

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...trategy addresses not only traditional strategy concerns but also the chaotic nature of the post–Cold War world and the stark realities of terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and military conflicts along religious fault lines. Although the authors have changed a great deal in this edition, the original strategy process model, first published in 1980, remains the constant or...

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... . . . . . . . . . .154 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 9 NUCLEAR STRATEGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Dynamics of Nuclear Evolution . . . . . . . . .167 Basic Concepts and Relationships . . . . . . .172 Nuclear Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 Current Str...

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...and escape the draft. The funds obtained by the administration via that purchase of freedom are used to supply the military with materials means like weapons and to pay the soldiers who get drafted or join voluntarily. The majority of those soldiers come from less well-to-do backgrounds and Space Force Grunts tells about their perspective of that war....

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...e to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the transport craft was only rudimentary armoured. Space grunts were considered cargo, like their weapons, drones and war bots. Engines and control units were better protected, though, and that’s why anyone could reach base 18 at all. They all had received a uncomfortable extra dose of radiation, though, and were handed o...

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...to loss of atmospheric pressure. The cargo bay of the transport craft was only rudimentarily armoured. Space grunts were considered cargo, like their weapons, drones and war bots. Engines and control units were better protected, though, and that’s why anyone could reach base 18 at all. They all had received an uncomfortably extra dose of radiation, though, and were handed ...

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...the sound speed and binoculars. .............76 How not to determine fast the height, the details of the terrain and the terrain’s slope. .....76 5 Nuclear non-weapons ..............................78 Non-Assignment 1: Meeting 1. The nuclear non-weapons ................78 The classification of nuclear non-armament. ....................78 The exterior aspect and destru...