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Managing Nuclear Operations

Managing Nuclear Operations
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Author:
Ashton Carter
Publisher:
Brookings Institution Press
Release Date:
1987
ISBN-10:
0815713134
ISBN-13:
9780815713135
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About Managing Nuclear Operations

During four decades of experience with nuclear weapons, public awareness and discussion have focused on their basic properties and capabilities the explosive power they contain, the technical capabilities of the missiles and aircraft that carry them, the size of the Soviet and American arsenals, and the magnitude of destruction those arsenals could accomplish. Yet little attention has been paid to the technologies, procedures, and organizational arrangements used to manage and control nuclear forces. Many assert the importance of command, control, communications, and intelligence” (C3I), but serious and detailed studies supporting that assertion are few. Managing Nuclear Operations provides a comprehensive and detailed examination of U.S. Nuclear operations and command and control. The contributors, experienced in operations and C3I., discuss peace-time safety and control of nuclear…

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