Through the Nuclear Strategic Looking Glass, or Reflections off the Window of Vulnerability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10071485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George H Quester (Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 725-737 |
| Publication date | 1987-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002787031004009 |
| OpenAlex | W2010726347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Admiral James Watkins, then Chief of Naval Operations, published an article in 1986 indicating that the U.S. Navy would seek to destroy Soviet ballistic-missile submarines in the event of a conventional war in Europe, thus very much contradicting the assumptions of mutual assured destruction. This statement sheds light on current trends in American strategic thinking, in a mirror-image of the suposed Soviet “window of vulnerability” threat to U.S. land-based missile silos. The U.S. threat may be more than a reflection, for it perhaps offers some much more plausible counterforce options. It is important to consider the origions of this kind of war planning in the United States, and the possible costs of such planning
Archaeology · Ballistic missile · Cold war · Computer security · Event (particle physics · Missile · Navy · Nuclear weapon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reflection (computer programming · Sociology · Submarine · Vulnerability (computing · Window (computing · Computer Science · European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |