No Winning Moves: Calculated Casualties and Damages of a Nuclear Attack on the United States by Russia for First and Second Strike Scenarios

Simulations of nuclear attacks are a valuable assessment tool to analyze the capabilities of arsenals in order to inform policies and negotiations. Targeting strategies were developed for Russian first strike, Russian second strike with strategic warning, and Russian second strike without strategic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Montoya, Natalie G.
Other Authors: Kemp, R. Scott
Format: Thesis
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139236