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100			_aBARRIE Doughlas _eAuthor
245			_aNot More, But More Assured: _bOptimizing US Nuclear Posture/ _cDouglas Barrie and Timothy Wright
260			_c2024
520			_a US modernisation plans Inflated concerns? Quantity or quality? Assured delivery Additional information Footnotes Full Article Figures & data Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions View PDF(open in a new window)View EPUB(open in a new window) Share Back to Top Abstract The Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States has urged Washington to adopt new measures to maintain a credible nuclear deterrent against Russia and China in a deteriorating security environment. Any effort by the United States to match its two nuclear peers warhead for warhead, delivery system for delivery system, would be costly folly, potentially reprising the Cold War arms race. A qualitative rather than quantitative response may well be more effective. Developing nuclear-capable hypersonic glide vehicles and cruise missiles, though challenging, would improve Washington’s ability to shape an opponent’s decision calculus and reduce its capacity to pursue deterrence by denial. These systems would also enhance the United States’ ability to hold at risk multiple high-value, well-defended targets and reinforce planners’ confidence in retaliatory strikes. Finally, a qualitative focus would enable the US to argue more credibly for quantitative limitations at levels similar to or lower than those existing today.
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700			_aWRIGHT Timothy
773			_gSurvival Global Politics and Strategy, Volume 66, Number 4, , August - September 2024, Page 7-28
856			_uhttps://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/survival-online/2024/08/not-more-but-more-assured-optimising-us-nuclear-posture/ _zClick here for full text
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