Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship

Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 I. Introduction: The Changing Political/Military Environment for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy; 4 II. New Objectives for Nuclear Weapons Policy; 5 III. Prospects for Cooperative Security Arrangements and Nuclear Nonproliferation; 6 IV. Nuclear Forces; 7 V. Controlling Strategic Force Operations; 8 VI. Summary of Conclusions; 9 Appendix A: Current U.S. and Soviet Strategic Froces and the Start Limits; 10 Appendix B: Target Allocation Issues; 11 Appendix C: The Sensitivity of Strike Results to Preattack Planning Factors; 12 Glossary

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