U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces : Background, Developments, and Issues

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U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces : Background, Developments, and Issues

Title remainder

Background, Developments, and Issues

Creator

• Library of Congress, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division.
• Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.
• Library of Congress, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division.
• Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.

Subject

• Strategy
• Nuclear weapons
• Nuclear weapons
• Military weapons

Language

eng

Summary

Reviews ongoing programs that will affect the expected size and shape of the U.S. strategic nuclear force structure. Provides overview of this force structure during the Cold War, and summarizes reductions and changes that have occurred since 1991. Presents details about each category of delivery vehicle, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine launched ballistic missiles, and heavy bombers, focusing on their current deployments and ongoing and planned modernization programs. Discusses issues related to decisions about the future size, shape, safety, security, and management of the U.S. strategic nuclear force

Member of

• ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Cataloging source

UMI

Government publication

federal national government publication

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries