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The Star Wars Controversy
An International Security Reader
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In the series
Princeton Legacy Library
Volume 462 in the series
International Security Readers
- Language: English
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Copyright year: 1986
- Edition: Course Book
- Audience: Professional and scholarly;College/higher education;
- Pages
- Main content: 352
- Keywords: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; Nuclear warfare; Capability (systems engineering); Nuclear weapon; Ballistic missile; Soviet Union; Assured destruction; Counterforce; Missile defense; Anti-ballistic missile; Countermeasure; Technology; Cruise missile; Probability; Nuclear arms race; Directed-energy weapon; Countervalue; Vulnerability; Submarine-launched ballistic missile; First Order (Star Wars); Nuclear triad; Anti-satellite weapon; Arms control; Warhead; Pre-emptive nuclear strike; Mutual assured destruction; Strategic Defense Initiative; Tactical nuclear weapon; Missile; Nuclear strategy; Weapon of mass destruction; Uncertainty; Fractional Orbital Bombardment System; War termination; Nuclear blackmail; Nuclear proliferation; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; Preemptive war; Preventive war; X-ray laser; Intermediate-range ballistic missile; Second strike; Nuclear disarmament; Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System; War; Penetration aid; Disarmament; Nuclear explosion; Intercontinental ballistic missile; Pershing II; Spacecraft; United States national missile defense; UGM-27 Polaris; Strategic Missile Troops; Security dilemma; Strategic bomber; Aftermath of World War II; Balance of terror; S-300 (missile); International crisis; Nuclear winter; Boost phase; Superiority (short story); Chevaline; Agreement on the Prevention of Nuclear War; Ballistic missile submarine; Space mirror (geoengineering); Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents; Military history; Strategic goal (military); Tactical ballistic missile; Warfare; Treaty; Fog of war; High-altitude nuclear explosion; Space Transportation System; Nuclear explosive; Missile guidance; Threshold Test Ban Treaty; Cuban Missile Crisis; Politique; Civil defense; Warning system; Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle; Space-based solar power; NATO targets; MIM-14 Nike Hercules; Rocket engine; Particle-beam weapon; Soviet Military Power; Medium-range ballistic missile; Supersynchronous orbit; Power projection; Kinetic Energy Interceptor; Nuclear weapons delivery; Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom; Detonation; Herman Kahn; Short-range ballistic missile; Foreign policy
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- Published: July 14, 2014
- ISBN: 9781400858163
