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Titre(s) : Nuclear command, control, and communications [Texte imprimé] : a primer on US systems and future challenges / James J. Wirtz and Jeffrey A. Larsen, editors
Publication : Washington (D.C.) : Georgetown university press, copyright 2022
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIII-231 p.) ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
"This volume provides an overview of the history, strategy, and technology associated
with US nuclear command, control and communications (NC3). It also identifies how
the introduction of modern digital technologies and concerns about cyber security
complicate the contemporary NC3 setting. The contributors explain how the US military's
NC3 works and how it might fail. Concerns about the security of nuclear forces and
command and control systems are not new, but they are becoming more urgent. Bringing
Cold-War analog systems into the digital age by modernizing hardware and software
has the potential to introduce vulnerabilities and unintended consequences. Policymakers
and nuclear theorists should consider that nuclear infrastructure and command networks
could be penetrated, corrupted, destroyed, or spoofed, leading to a loss of positive
control (the ability to fire weapons) or negative control (the ability to prevent
unauthorized or accidental use). This volume explores the NC3 "weapons system," its
vital role in ensuring effective deterrence, contemporary challenges posed by cyber
threats, new weapons technologies, and the consensus across the nuclear enterprise
of the need to modernize this Cold War-era system of systems"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Wirtz, James J. (1958-....). Éditeur scientifique
Larsen, Jeffrey Arthur (1954-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Commandement et conduite des opérations, Systèmes de -- États-Unis
Stratégie de dissuasion
Armes nucléaires -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781647122447. - ISBN 1647122449. - ISBN 9781647122430. - ISBN 1647122430. -
ISBN 9781647122454 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb471070051
Notice n° :
FRBNF47107005
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction : Assuring Control of the Nuclear Force / / James J. Wirtz ; ; Deterrence
: the Role of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications / / James J. Wirtz ; ;
NC3 during the Bomber Age : 1945-57 / / James Clay Moltz ; ; NC3 during the Missile
Age : 1957-91 / / James Clay Moltz ; ; US Nuclear Command, Control and Communications
: an Overview / / Jeffrey A. Larsen ; ; Space Architecture for NC3 : Systems and
Technologies / / Mathew R. Crook ; ; Cyber Operations and Nuclear Escalation : a
Dangerous Gamble / / Jon R. Lindsay ; ; Technology Threats to NC3 : Past Lessons
and Current Challenge / / Wade L. Huntley ; ; Technology Threats to NC3 : A Future
Scenario / / Wade L. Huntley ; ; NC3 Modernization : Progress and Remaining Changes
/ / Michael S. Malley ; ; Conclusion : US NC3 at a Critical Juncture / / Jeffrey
A. Larsen.