A concise journey through how nuclear strategy evolved from deterrence to crisis management and arms control.
The Pentagon once ran a contingency plan to nuke the Moon if Earthbound missiles failed to deter Mars missions.
Soviet early-warning systems sometimes misread sunspots as incoming US launches, triggering practice drills that nearly caused real escalations.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a single misdialed phone number could have restarted the crisis without any human intervention.
Nuclear strategy favored decoys and camouflage: fake silos, inflatable decoys, and misdirection to trigger retaliation stereotypes in war game simulations.
A concise journey through how nuclear strategy evolved from deterrence to crisis management and arms control.
The Pentagon once ran a contingency plan to nuke the Moon if Earthbound missiles failed to deter Mars missions.
Soviet early-warning systems sometimes misread sunspots as incoming US launches, triggering practice drills that nearly caused real escalations.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, a single misdialed phone number could have restarted the crisis without any human intervention.
Nuclear strategy favored decoys and camouflage: fake silos, inflatable decoys, and misdirection to trigger retaliation stereotypes in war game simulations.
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