Chapter 13 Nuclear Command and Control (1)

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1、CHAPTER13NuclearCommandandControlInGermanyandTurkeytheyviewedscenesthatwereparticularlydistressing.OntherunwaystoodaGerman(orTurkish)quick-reactionalertairplaneloadedwithnuclearweaponsandwithaforeignpilotinthecockpit.Theairplanewasreadytotakeoffattheear

2、liestwarning,andthenuclearweaponswerefullyoperational.TheonlyevidenceofU.S.controlwasalonely18-year-oldsentryarmedwithacarbineandstandingonthetarmac.WhenthesentryattheGermanairfieldwasaskedhowheintendedtomaintaincontrolofthenuclearweaponsshouldthepilotsu

3、ddenlydecidetoscramble(eitherthroughpersonalcapriceorthroughanorderfromtheGermancommandcircumventingU.S.command),thesentryrepliedthathewouldshootthepilot;Agnewdirectedhimtoshootthebomb.JeromeWiesner,reportingtoPresidentKennedyonnucleararmscommandandcont

4、rolafterthecubancrisis13.1IntroductionThecatastrophicharmthatcouldresultfromtheunauthorizeduseofanuclearweapon,orfromtheproliferationofnucleartechnologytounsuitablestatesorsubstategroups,hasledtheU.S.andothernuclearpowerstospendcolossalamountsofmoneypro

5、tectingnotjustnuclearwarheadsbutalsothesupportinginfrastructure,industryandmaterials.Thegrowingconcernaboutglobalwarmingmakesnuclearprotectionallthemorecritical:howdowebuildnewnuclearpowerstationswithoutgreatlyincreasingtheriskthatbadpeoplegetholdofweap

6、onsorfissilematerials?Asurprisingamountofnuclearsecurityknow-howhasbeenpublished.Infact,severelimitshavebeenplacedonhowmuchcouldbekeptsecretevenifthiswasthoughtdesirable.Manycountriesarecapableofproducingnuclear415416Chapter13■NuclearCommandandControlwea

7、ponsbuthavedecidednotto(Japan,Australia,Switzerland,...)andsomaintaincontrolsonnuclearmaterialsinaciviliancontext.Muchoftherealforceofnonproliferationiscultural,builtovertheyearsthroughdiplomacyandthroughtherestraintofnuclearpowerswhosince1945foreboreus

8、eoftheseweaponsevenwhenfacingdefeatatthehandsofnon-nuclearstates.Thecultureisbackedbyinternationalnonproliferationagreements,suchastheConventiononthePhysicalProtectionofNuclearMaterial[640],enforcedbytheInternationalAtomicEnergyA