| Lengthen time to deployment Component1 #55189 Changes should be made as soon as possible to ensure that, while remaining demonstrably survivable to a disarming first strike, nuclear forces are not instantly useable and that decision-making fuse for the launch of any nuclear weapons must be lengthened. |
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Author: Bill Wickersham
Cited by: François Dongier 3:32 PM 11 April 2010 GMT
Citerank: (1) 128409Lengthen time to deploymentChanges should be made as soon as possible to ensure that, while remaining demonstrably survivable to a disarming first strike, nuclear forces are not instantly useable and that decision-making fuse for the launch of any nuclear weapons must be lengthened.109FDEF6
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| Excerpt / Summary In a time of perceived crisis or attack, the Russian and U.S. presidents have three and eight minutes, respectively, to make a decision to order an attack against each other. After the firing of those missiles, launch to landing time for Russian missiles is about 25 minutes. For U.S. missiles, it is 10 minutes. Thus, the timeline to catastrophe is absurdly minuscule (see “Nuclear Weapons on Hair-Trigger” at www.confrontingnuclearwar.com and click “Resources”). Over the years, dozens of U.S. and Russian incidents/accidents have occurred (for a list, visit http://www.cdi.org/Iss...). |