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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219986203321

Autore

Ochmanek David A

Titolo

The challenge of nuclear-armed regional adversaries / / David Ochmanek, Lowell H. Schwartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corp., c2008

ISBN

1-282-03310-7

9786612033100

0-8330-4591-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchwartzLowell

Disciplina

355.02/17

Soggetti

Nuclear warfare

National security - United States

Strategic forces

Security, International

Deterrence (Strategy)

United States Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-61).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - The Uniquely Destructive Capabilities of NuclearWeapons; The Effects of Nuclear Weapons; Effects of Three Types of Nuclear Attacks; Chapter Three - Characteristics of Nuclear-Armed RegionalAdversaries; Key Characteristics of Nuclear-Armed RegionalAdversaries; Chapter Four - Strategies and Actions of Nuclear-ArmedRegional Adversaries; Probing the Limits; Regional Adversaries' Objectives and Behavior in Crisisand Conflict

Prospects for Deterring Through the Threat of RetaliationAlliance Dynamics; Chapter Five - Implications for U.S. Military Strategy,Operations, and Planning; Implications for U.S. and Allied Military Capabilities; Final Thoughts; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon in 2006 shows that such weapons are within reach of determined regional powers. Thus, defense planners in the United States and elsewhere must begin now to



confront the new security challenges posed by nuclear-armed regional adversaries. While U.S. conventional and nuclear forces will continue to have deterrent effects on the leaders of regional adversaries such as North Korea and Iran, the dynamics of the deterrent balance vis-?-vis these actors may be quite different from that to which the United States became accustomed during the Cold War. The weaknes