An Undo Button for Nuclear Armageddon

IF 2.4 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2025-02-06 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10876446

John R. Allen;Peter L. Levin

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Abstract

IN 1956 HENRY KISSINGER speculated in Foreign Affairs about how the nuclear stalemate between the United States and the Soviet Union could force national security officials into a terrible dilemma. His thesis was that the United States risked sending a signal to potential aggressors that, faced with conflict, defense officials would have only two choices: settle for peace at any price, or retaliate with thermonuclear ruin. Not only had “victory in an all-out war become technically impossible,” Kissinger wrote, but in addition, it could “no longer be imposed at acceptable cost.”

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核世界末日的撤销按钮

1956年，亨利·基辛格在《外交事务》杂志上推测，美苏之间的核僵局将如何迫使国家安全官员陷入可怕的两难境地。他的论点是，美国冒着向潜在的侵略者发出信号的风险，即面对冲突，国防官员只有两个选择：要么不惜一切代价达成和平，要么用热核毁灭进行报复。基辛格写道，不仅“在全面战争中取得胜利在技术上是不可能的”，而且“再也无法以可接受的成本强加于人”。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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