The country. I think we have three outstanding analysts in the field, so i hope you will give them your full attention. We just heard the National Security advisor describe how we hope to move ahead in reducing nuclear risk, and i hope we provided some optimistic some optimism to all of us that the u. S. Does not intend to engage in a threeway arms race. What i will ask each of our panelists specifically if they have additional optimism on that point. The topic of this panel is preventing a threeway arms race. For many years, of course, the focus of Nuclear Arms Control has been on bilateral competition between the United States and the soviet union, later russia. With apparent chinese intentions to build up its own nuclear arsenal, are we in a position to avoid that kind of arms race, both in the short term, the mediumterm, and the longerterm . To discuss this with us today, we have three great experts. Lynn rustin come up with the Nuclear Threat initiative. John will stone wolfstone
A US-Russia nuclear war seems too horrible to imagine. And yet, it seemed possible during the Cold War: The special terror in nuclear deterrence reveals itself during natural rather than human-made disasters. Despite early warnings, extensive transport networks, government preparations and lots of money, thousands still suffer in the aftermath of great storms and fires. Nuclear-tipped ICBMs […]
Bunker Down: How America Almost Spent Billions Trying to Survive a Nuclear War
The history of civil defense in America is one of long neglect and avoidance since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The special terror in nuclear deterrence reveals itself during natural rather than human-made disasters. Despite early warnings, extensive transport networks, government preparations and lots of money, thousands still suffer in the aftermath of great storms and fires. Nuclear-tipped ICBMs arrive with the surprise and speed of earthquakes, leaving whole populations sitting like ducks before the fury.