U.S. Air Force Strategic Deterrence Analytic Capabilities: An Assessment of Tools, Methods, and Approaches for the 21st Century Security Environment

by National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Air Force Studies Board

Since the early 1960s, the U.S. strategic nuclear posture has been composed of a triad of nuclear-certified long-range bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Since the early 1970s, U.S. nuclear forces have been subject to strategic arms control agreements. The large numbers and diversified nature of the U.S. nonstrategic (tactical) nuclear forces, which cannot be ignored as part of the overall nuclear...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309298717
• ISBN13: 9780309298711
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.8"