On Thermonuclear War

able accept addition air defense alert annihilation areas arms control assume attack balance of terror believe blackmail bombers bombs calculations cent cities civil defense civilian Counterforce as Insurance Credible First Strike damage decision makers defects destroy discussed Doomsday Machine dose effects enemy enemy's evacuation example expect fallout fallout protection Finite Deterrence genetic Germans Herman Kahn ICBM ICBM's important increase kind least less limited major military million Minimum Deterrence missiles nation nonmilitary nuclear weapons objective offense operation peacetime planners plans possible postattack posture postwar preparations probably problem protection provocation radiation reasonable recuperation reliable result retaliation retaliatory risk Russians seems serious shelters side situation Soviet Union strategic forces Strike Capability strontium units strontium-90 submarines survive Table tactics target technological thermonuclear thermonuclear bombs thermonuclear war things threat tion Type I Deterrence warning weapons systems World War II