Global Zero Alert for Nuclear Forces

by Bruce G. Blair

Bruce Blair examines operational safety hazards for nuclear forces deployed on combat alert in Russia, the United States, and elsewhere. He provides new information on command and control procedures and deficiencies that affect the risks of accidental, unauthorized, or inadvertent use of nuclear weapons, particularly those in the former Soviet Union. Blair proposes changes in nuclear operations that would reduce these risks. Remedies range from eliminating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815709412
• ISBN13: 9780815709411
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"