Bruce Blair examines operational safety hazards for nuclear forces
deployed on combat alert in Russia, the United States, and
elsewhere. He provides new information on command and control
procedures and deficiencies that affect the risks of accidental,
unauthorized, or inadvertent use of nuclear weapons, particularly
those in the former Soviet Union. Blair proposes changes in nuclear
operations that would reduce these risks. Remedies range from
eliminating targets from missiles to taking all nuclear forces off
alert (" zero alert" ) so that no weapons are poised for immediate
launch. In the " zero alert" scenario, missiles and bombers lack
nuclear warheads or other vital components and require extensive
preparations for redeployment. Blair assesses the effects of such
measures on strategic deterrence and crisis stability in the event
of a revival of nuclear confrontation between the United States and
Russia. He also describes the burdens of verification that his
remedies impose. This book is the first in a series devoted to
aspects of operational safety and nuclear weapons. Other topics in
the series include joint U.S.- Russian missile attack early
warning, ensuring the security of dismantled warheads and bomb
materials, and command-control problems in the emerging nuclear
states. Bruce G. Blair is a senior fellow in the Foreign Policy
Studies program at Brookings and the author of numerous books,
including The Logic of Accidental Nuclear War (Brookings, 1993).
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