| On War |
Countervailing
Strategy, PD 59
Nuclear war below level of all-out exchange
|
| On Deterrence |
Strategic Triad- ICBMs, SLBMs, and ALCMs
Second Strike Capability.
Negative Assurance
Promised not to use nuclear weapons against
non-nuclear states
US credibility
Nuclear weapons modernization
IncreaseD conventional weapons spending |
| On Disarmament |
International Nuclear “Programs
of Cooperation” |
| Treaties signed/ratified; Legislation passed |
1979 Second
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II)
1980 Convention on the
Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials,
1980 Comprehensive
Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) |
