scholarly journals A study on the development and implications of low-yield nuclear weapons, focusing on deterrence theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 113-131
Author(s):  
Sungjoon Moon
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Deterrence Theory ◽  
Nuclear Strategy ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Extended Deterrence ◽  
The Development Trend ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Trump Administration

This study aims to examine the development status and technical characteristics of low-yield nuclear weapons initiated by the Trump administration, predict the development trend in the Biden administration, analyze strategic implications that have affected the R.O.K.-U.S. Tailored Deterrence Strategy, and seek future countermeasures. Regarding deterrence theory, low-power nuclear weapons are evaluated as a means of simultaneously expanding deterrence by denial and by retaliation. Additionally, low-yield nuclear weapons can be evaluated as having the capability, communication of nuclear retaliation wills and possibilities, and credibility for these wills and capabilities, which are 3C elements of deterrence in that they are “possible-use nuclear weapons.” Hence, they can be evaluated as highly-applicable deterrence means. As North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities have advanced and the U.S. is developing and deploying low-yield nuclear weapons, this article intends to make several suggestions regarding deterrence and response. First, because North Korea's policy to strengthen its tactical nuclear capabilities in 2021 is inevitably closely related to the technical characteristics of the development of low-yield nuclear weapons, it should be evaluated and prepared in connection with this. Second, it is necessary to understand the Biden administration's nuclear strategy regarding the extended deterrence strategy of the U.S. and discuss it closely based on the 5th NPR unveiled in early 2022. Third, to ensure the credibility of the R.O.K.-U.S. tailored deterrence strategy, “multilateral deterrence measures” must be considered at the regional level, including low-yield nuclear weapons.

The Madness beyond MAD—Current American Nuclear Strategy

1984 ◽  
Vol 17 (01) ◽  
pp. 33-40
Author(s):  
Robert Jervis
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
Military Power ◽  
Nuclear Strategy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Means And Ends ◽  
Soviet Force ◽  
Nuclear Policy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The U.S

A rational strategy for the employment of nuclear weapons is a contradiction in terms. The enormity of the destruction, either executed or threatened, severs the nexus of proportionality between means and ends which used to characterize the threat and use of force. This does not mean, however, that all nuclear strategies are equally irrational. The nuclear policy of the Reagan administration—which is essentially the same as that of the Carter administration and which has its roots in developments initiated by even earlier administrations—is particularly ill-formed. As I will demonstrate, the basic reason for this is that the strategy rests on a profound underestimation of the impact of nuclear weapons on military strategy and attempts to understand the current situation with intellectual tools appropriate only in the pre-nuclear era.American strategy for the past several years—the “countervailing strategy”—has been based on the assumption that what is crucial is the ability of American and allied military forces to deny the Soviets military advantage from any aggression they might contemplate. The U.S. must be prepared to meet and block any level of Soviet force. The strategy is then one of counterforce—blocking and seeking to destroy Soviet military power. The goal is deterrence. Although it is concerned with how the U.S. would fight many different kinds of wars, both nuclear and non-nuclear, it is not correct to claim that the strategy seeks to engage in wars rather than deter them.

Study on the Transformation of the Development Model of the National Public Information Sharing Platform for Transportation & Logistics

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 1902-1905
Author(s):  
Shou Wen Ji ◽  
Qiu Xing Feng
Keyword(s):  
Information Sharing ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Service Model ◽  
Profit Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Status ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Development Trend

The article researches on the development model of the National Public Information Sharing Platform for Transportation& Logistics (LOGINK), in which the author introduces the function orientation of the LOGINK. Based on the current development status of the platform, the article predicts the development trend in the future. Then, it analyzed the necessary of the transformation of the LOGINK’s development model. In order to ensure the sustainable development of the platform, this paper proposes that the development model should be changed from “Charity” to “Charity + Appreciation”. Lastly, the article gives a plan about the service model and profit model of the platform in the future.

The Research Progress of Epoxy Resin Coating in Building Waterproof

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 1779-1782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bing Tao Liu ◽  
Guang Yu Zhu ◽  
Peng Ju Ding
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Research Progress ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Adhesive Properties ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Resin Coating ◽  
Epoxy Resin Coating ◽  
The Development Trend

Polymer epoxy resin is widely used in coatings and adhesives because of its excellent mechanical properties, adhesive properties, resistance to water and resistance to chemicals. In this paper, the research development status of the epoxy resin coating in building waterproof is reviewed. The preparation, performance measurement and application of epoxy resin waterproof coating are introduced, and the development trend of building waterproof coating is forecasted.

scholarly journals Research on the Technological Development of GSO Small Satellite

2019 ◽  
Vol 288 ◽  
pp. 02003
Author(s):  
Geng Jie ◽  
Gong Jinggang ◽  
Wang Zuowei ◽  
Lyu Nan
Keyword(s):  
Technology Development ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Low Earth Orbit ◽  
Small Satellite ◽  
Small Satellites ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Satellite Technology ◽  
Large Satellite ◽  
The Development Trend

The application and technological development of geosynchronous orbit(GSO) small satellite are researched in this paper. Firstly the application field and application value of GSO small satellites are analysed. Secondly, the technology development status of foreign GSO small satellites is overviewed. Then the differences and similarities among GSO small satellite, traditional large satellite and low earth orbit(LEO) small satellite are compared, and characteristic and key technique are systematically studied. Finally, for China’s future military and civilian needs, combined with the development trend of modern small satellite technology, the preliminary proposal for the development of China’s GSO small satellite are given.

scholarly journals SWOT Analysis of China’s Smart Pension Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao He ◽  
Huidan Zhan
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Traditional Service ◽  
Organic Combination ◽  
The Development Trend

China’s smart pension industry is a sunrise industry, is an organic combination of information technology and traditional service industry emerging industry. To analyze the strength, weakness, opportunities and threats of the industry is conducive to a comprehensive understanding of the development status of the industry and grasp the development trend of the industry.  

scholarly journals Analysis on the Development Trend of E-commerce Live Streaming

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fengju Hou
Keyword(s):  
Development Trend ◽  
Live Streaming ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Development Status ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Future ◽  
Standard Configuration ◽  
The Development Trend ◽  
Development Prospects

Based on the current development status of e-commerce live broadcasting in China, this paper predicts the development prospects of e-commerce live broadcasting on the basis of analyzing the successful elements, advantages and disadvantages of e-commerce live broadcasting. This paper points out that e-commerce live broadcasting will become the "standard configuration" of e-commerce, brand and business in the future, which can continue to develop continuously.

Extended Deterrence with Nuclear Weapons: How Necessary, How Acceptable?

1988 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Martin Russett
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
World War ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
Alternative Strategies ◽  
Nuclear Strategy ◽  
Post World War Ii ◽  
Extended Deterrence ◽  
Catholic Bishops

Most policy and normative problems with nuclear weaponry arise in the context of extended deterrence; that is, deterrence of attacks on friends or allies of a nuclear power. This article reviews the history and contradictions of post-World War II Western extended deterrent strategy, considers the sources of differences and similarities in the perspectives of the American and West German Catholic bishops on these matters, presents a logical schema of types of deterrent situations, discusses some systematic historical evidence that suggests the utility of nuclear weapons for many of these situations is often exaggerated, and, after reviewing alternative strategies, suggests a role for a very limited “countercombatant” nuclear strategy.

scholarly journals L’évolution de la doctrine nucléaire américaine de contreforce

2005 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-31
Author(s):  
Charles-Philippe David
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Reagan Administration ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nuclear War ◽  
Nuclear Strategy ◽  
Strategic Consensus ◽  
Conventional Weapons ◽  
Central Purpose ◽  
The U.S

There has been a tendency lately in the United States to talk about the breakdown of the domestic consensus on the purpose of American nuclear strategy. The Reagan administration policies have been largely responsible for the growing felt need by many to question the doctrine and plans underlining that strategy. Why did the erosion of the strategic consensus take place ? One explanation examined in this paper is that the U.S. government has appeared in its nuclear strategy to emphasize more and more counterforce and limited nuclear war plans as its nuclear weapons policy, and therefore has become increasingly receptive to the idea that atomic bombs can be treated like conventional weapons and thought in ways characteristic of the pronuclear world. The central purpose of this article is to analyze how those two phenomenons - the attractiveness of counterforce and the erosion of the strategic consensus - are related to one another. The evolution of the doctrine of counterforce is assessed through a survey of the literature from 1974 to 1984, and particularly from 1980 with the coming to power of the Reagan administration.

Photos from the Quarter

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 122-129
Keyword(s):  
The U.S ◽  
Trump Administration

This sample of photos from 16 November 2017 to 15 February 2018 aims to convey a sense of Palestinian life during this quarter. The images reflect the fallout from Trump administration policy toward the Palestinians, especially the relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, and also include scenes from Gaza, and the Ahed Tamimi trial.

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