Open AccessStability versus first strike costs during deep reductions
Author(s) -
G.H. Canavan
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/348875
Subject(s) - missile , stability (learning theory) , engineering , computer science , aerospace engineering , machine learning
Reducing missile forces ultimately increases stability. However, for vulnerable forces, that increase is accompanied by an increase in first strike costs, which would disincentivize force reductions. For survivable forces there is a useful region in which weapon reductions could increase stability while reducing first strike costs
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