By Stephen J Cimbala

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1 The current balance is not unstable, though, if unstable means that either side in normal peacetime conditions would contemplate a first strike. The most important issue is what to do in crises, when the marginal addition of defenses might make one side more secure, or another more paranoid. For example, if one side deployed imperfect defenses that could not protect its forces or society against a surprise first strike but could deflect the opponent's retaliatory strike, then the opponent could perceive this imperfect defense as a component of a potential first-strike capability.

Lexington Books: Stephen J. , Fencers. Copyright 1987 by Lexington Books. By permission of Lexington Books. Lexington Books: Stephen J. Cimbala, Extended Deterrence. Copyright 1987 by Lexington Books. By permission of Lexington Books. S. Strategic Institute: Stephen J. " Strategic Review (Fall 1985). S. Strategic Institute. S. Strategic Institute. Lexington Books: Stephen J. , Security or Armageddon: Israel's Nuclear Strategy. Copyright 1985 by Lexington Books. By permission of Lexington Books.

S. strategic retaliatory forces while attempting to spare cities and other collateral damage, assuming American leadership will then surrender. S. force-planning scenario than a realistic Soviet war plan, which, if it came to that, would probably provide for unrelenting attacks across the board. S. " This would not provide for victory in the traditional sense, but it might be seen as a best-of-the-worst option. In Chapter Eight the relationship between superpower nuclear deterrents and a possible Israeli nuclear force is considered.

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