Comments on Republican Policy Paper, "Nuclear Deterrence" 

 Comments on the 16 June 2005 Policy Paper
by the Senate Republican Policy Committee:
Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century
Ivan Oelrich
Federation of American Scientists
June 2005

Executive Summary

The United States Senate Republican Policy Committee recently published a Position Paper, Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century. The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has written a five page response pointing out what we believe are some errors in logic, points of fact, and strategy. The main points of the response are:

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Maintaining Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century

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