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Not so unthinkable [nuclear weapons]

Gover et al., 2003

Document ID
6611359353673140075
Author
Gover J
Huray P
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Spectrum

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Discusses developments which offer scenarios that, to some military strategists, would justify the use of nuclear weapons. The sorts of nuclear weapons likely to figure into war planners' recommendations are much smaller than those designed to wipe out entire cities, and they …
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