TY  - BOOK
AU  - GRAHAM Thomas
TI  - Space weapons and the risk of accidental nuclear war
PY  - 2005///
KW  - NUCLEAR WAR
KW  - BALLISTIC MISSILES
KW  - EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
N2  - Despite the ending of the Cold War the United States and Russia maintain thousands of nuclear warheads on long-range ballistic missiles on 15 minute alert. Once launched they cannot be recalled and will strike their targets about thirty minutes later. This article emphasises that the risk of an accidental nuclear exchange has not diminished, and argues that America's plans to put missile interceptors in space may make matters worse
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