Massive Retaliation/ “New” New Look
   Predelegation of Nuclear Weapons Usage, 1957, Revised 1959 and 1960
   Allowed US nuclear retaliation against foreign conventional forces.

• Allowed Secretary of Defense and subsequently ranking commanders, including military officers, to order nuclear retaliation in emergency .
• Placed nuclear weapons on Hair-trigger Alert Status

U.S. Policy on Continental Defense (July 14,1960)

Strategic Triad- ICBMs, SLBMs, and ALCMs
   Second Strike Capability.

Deterrence by threat of Massive Retaliation.
   John Dulles 1962 Speech

Extended deterrence for allies.

Proposed Limited Test Ban Treaty (Partial Test Ban Treaty)

1954 Atomic Energy Act

1958 Murphy-Dean agreement

1961 Antarctic Treaty