Nuclear Warfare category: 350 books

Nuclear weapons policy has recently gained national exposure by the fact that the president declared a desire to reduce the number of nuclear weapons with a final goal of eliminating them all together. The other factor that gave yeast to the issue was the pronouncement by former secretaries of state...

On August 31, 2007, a U.S. Air Force B-52 plane with the call sign "Doom 99" took off from Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota, inadvertently loaded with six Advanced Cruise Missiles loaded with nuclear warheads and flew to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. After landing, "Doom 99"...

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book is a compendium of eight outstanding reports from the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD Center). The reports include:Part 1: Defining "Weapons of Mass Destruction" * Part 2:...

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. In 1981, Israel conducted a pre-emptive strike on Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor. Then Israel bombed a Syrian nuclear reactor at al-Kibar in 2007. Today, Israel is facing a new challenge...

This compilation of six federal government unclassified documents provides unique insight into nuclear explosive safety issues. Part 1: U.S. Department of Energy Continuing Training Self-Study Program - Nuclear Explosive and Weapon Surety Program Part 2: U.S. Department of Energy Order...

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this report is the summary of the Air Force Counter-proliferation Center (CPC) and Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Conference, featuring unique commentary on the reduction of the...

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique book examines the issue of Pakistan's nuclear weapons arsenal and the risk of war in South Asia, including India. Normally, the risk of war between Pakistan and India and possible nuclear escalation would...

The AEC: Almost a year after World War II ended, Congress established the United States Atomic Energy Commission to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology. Reflecting America's postwar optimism, Congress declared that atomic energy should be employed not only...

In the Preface, the author writes: I initially proposed my research to look at START II levels and beyond, focusing on the question, "How low can we go?" As I witnessed President George Bush's unilateral initiatives and the Washington Summit agreement, I realized that nuclear weapons...

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Ten impressive presentations from an elite panel of speakers at the 2016 United States Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium are reproduced here, stretching critical thinking about deterrence,...

This 2012 report showcases studies that were done over the past three years on what the next set of strategic nuclear competitions might look like. With most of the world's advanced economies now stuck in recession; Western support for defense cuts and nuclear disarmament increasing; and a...

Here is the official U.S. Air Force (USAF) doctrine for nuclear war, addressing the issue of command and control, and clearly stating that only the President can make explicit orders to employ nuclear weapons at any level. This doctrine document was updated in 2015.Air Force nuclear forces...

This volume, the third in the official history of the Atomic Energy Commission, makes sizable contributions in several areas, including the Eisenhower presidency. During the years in which work on the book has moved forward, that presidency has been one of historiographical frontiers, an area of exciting...

Three fascinating reports from the U.S. government provide exclusive details about early American atmospheric atomic tests: Trinity (the first atomic weapon ever exploded), Crossroads, and Sandstone. Project Trinity 1945-1946 - United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests - Nuclear Test...