Strategic impact of abolishing nuclear weapons

Robert W. Komer

Expert InsightsPublished 1987

This paper considers what would happen to the global strategic balance if nuclear weapons were eliminated. The author discusses such issues as the budget impact of developing conventional deterrence; the possibility of a technological solution to the problems of NATO defense; the risks associated with achieving a nonnuclear world; and problems of treaty violations. The author suggests that elimination of nuclear weapons by the year 2000 would have an adverse effect on the U.S. strategic position, and that a nonnuclear world would be a less stable one.

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Komer, Robert W., Strategic impact of abolishing nuclear weapons. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1987. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7358.html.
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