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Author Ochmanek, David A.

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

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., ©2008.
Publication Info. ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (61 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61).
Contents Introduction -- The uniquely destructive capabilities of nuclear weapons -- Characteristics of nuclear-armed regional adversaries -- Strategies and actions of nuclear-armed regional adversaries -- Implications for U.S. military strategy, operations, and planning.
Summary "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-à-vis these actors may be quite different from that to which the United States became accustomed during the Cold War. The weakness of these states at the conventional level, coupled with the high stakes they will have at risk in a conflict with the United States, could lead them to seriously consider brandishing or using nuclear weapons in a conflict. This, in turn, could compel U.S. leaders to temper their military and political objectives in such conflicts. To improve the United States' military and political leverage in these situations, a great deal more needs to be done to develop and field capabilities, such as multilayered theater missile defenses and improved surveillance and target-tracking capabilities, that can prevent the enemy's use of nuclear weapons."--Publisher's website.
Note Print version record.
Subject Nuclear warfare.
United States -- Military policy.
National security -- United States.
Strategic forces.
Security, International.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear Warfare
Military & Naval Science.
Law, Politics & Government.
Military Science -- General.
Guerre nucléaire.
Forces stratégiques.
Dissuasion (Stratégie)
nuclear wars.
HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Military policy
National security
Nuclear warfare
Security, International
Strategic forces
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Schwartz, Lowell.
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Ochmanek, David A. Challenge of nuclear-armed regional adversaries. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., ©2008 9780833042323 0833042327 (DLC) 2008007737 (OCoLC)193913321
ISBN 9780833045911 (electronic bk.)
0833045911 (electronic bk.)
0833042327 (electronic bk.)
9780833042323 (electronic bk.)
0833044877 (electronic bk.)
9780833044877 (electronic bk.)
9781282033108 (online)
1282033107
Standard No. 9786612033100
Report No. RAND/MG-671-AF
Standard No. AU@ 000048829891
AU@ 000051318701
CDX 8843006
CDX 9833367
DEBBG BV043124587
DEBBG BV044130444
DEBSZ 422116939
GBVCP 1008651265
GBVCP 802614876
NZ1 14240418

 
    
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