de-alerting

Nunn suggested he had been given assurances that the NPR would make practical de-alerting suggestions, but that the Pentagon overrode them.

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Nunn argued that abandoning the word “de-alerting” and speaking instead about “increasing warning and decision time” might make a difference.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

So de-alerting is a sham, and so is de-operationalizing missiles.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

But for serious students of arms control the greater issue is de-alerting the deadly remaining arsenals from their hair-trigger, launch on warning posture.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

It is meant to solve the problem of de-alerting by shifting the readiness posture of each superpower arsenal from a forward-leaning to a more defensive stance.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

He theorized that part of the problem was semantic: the phrase “de-alerting” grated on military culture; military men were trained all their careers that everything depended on maximum alertness.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Nunn argued that abandoning the word “de-alerting” and speaking instead about “increasing warning and decision time” might make a difference.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Nunn suggested he had been given assurances that the NPR would make practical de-alerting suggestions, but that the Pentagon overrode them.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

But he is another one who argues, as Bruce Blair has see chapter 5, that de-alerting nukes from hair-trigger status is even more important than radically reducing the number of warheads.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

It is not the only possible solution to the urgent need for de-alerting, but it deserves careful attention because its source is someone who knows technical and strategic issues of command and control from both sides.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011