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CROSSING THE RED LINE : The Nuclear Option /

"This book addresses the incentives for nations to develop nuclear weapons and the technical expertise needed for the purpose. Ballistic missiles are required by any nation wanting to optimize the effectiveness of deterrence and the threat derived from possessing nuclear weapons. The basic scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marsh, Gerald E., 1939- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Jersey ; London ; Singapore : World Scientific, [2019]
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Government policy
Ballistic missiles
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Korea (North)
Ballistic missiles > Korea (North)
Korea (North) > Military policy
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Table of Contents:
  • Origins
  • Overkill
  • Stability
  • The nuclear option in the 21st century
  • The ability to make nuclear weapons
  • Developing nation nuclear policies
  • Controlling the spread of nuclear weapons
  • North Korea and the bomb
  • What North Korea might believe it could achieve with nuclear weapons
  • Underground nuclear explosions and seismology
  • Proof of principle and weaponization
  • How much weapons-grade fissile material could North Korea have?
  • How many bombs could North Korea have?
  • Nuclear tests
  • Rocket fundamentals
  • Multistaged rockets
  • The North Korean rocket program
  • Nuclear proliferation and its consequences
  • Middle East
  • The China-India-Pakistan nuclear triangle
  • India
  • Pakistan
  • What can be done?
  • Iran
  • Prevention, preemption, and defense
  • Prevention
  • Preemption
  • Defence
  • The future control of nuclear weapons
  • North Korea negotiations 2018
  • A formal end to the Korean War
  • A non-aggression treaty
  • A comprehensive end to sanctions
  • Minimal U.S. requirements
  • Afterword.

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