The challenge of nuclear-armed regional adversaries
North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon in 2006 shows that such weapons are within reach of determined regional powers. Thus, defense planners in the United States and elsewhere must begin now to confront the new security challenges posed by nuclear-armed regional adversaries. While U.S. convent...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Santa Monica, CA :
Rand Corp
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427830506719 |
| Summary: | North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon in 2006 shows that such weapons are within reach of determined regional powers. Thus, defense planners in the United States and elsewhere must begin now to confront the new security challenges posed by nuclear-armed regional adversaries. While U.S. conventional and nuclear forces will continue to have deterrent effects on the leaders of regional adversaries such as North Korea and Iran, the dynamics of the deterrent balance vis-?-vis these actors may be quite different from that to which the United States became accustomed during the Cold War. The weaknes |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (79 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-61). |
| ISBN: | 9781282033108 9786612033100 9780833045911 |
