NUCLEAR MISSILE PROGRAMS IN THE POLITICAL DOCTRINES OF THE UNITED STATES

Abstract

The article examines the characteristics of nuclear missile programs in US political doctrines. Methods of historical reconstruction and analytical interpretation were used during the research. A description of the patterns of dynamics of the doctrinal foundations of US nuclear missile policy is given. The article highlights the components of nuclear missile programs in political doctrines, including areas of increasing funding for nuclear missile programs, the nature of external threats in which nuclear missiles can be used, technological features of nuclear missile weapons improvement in the context of nuclear energy development. The purpose of this article is to reveal the natural features in the dynamics of changes in the political approaches of the ruling political forces in such policy areas as deterring and preventing the proliferation of such weapons. The importance of the nuclear missile potential of the US military for political dominance and national security, influence on international relations and the formation of foreign policy doctrine in general is shown. The discussions of scientists are covered, in particular, the positions of scientists on the causes and factors that influenced the changes in the doctrinal foundations of US nuclear missile policy in the process of ensuring national security and international security in general. It is established that the genesis of the doctrinal bases of the US missile and nuclear weapons policy documents in the policy of national and international security is determined by three components: deterring external aggression and preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons; dependence of doctrines on the ideologies of the political regimes of the ruling US parties; constant correlation of approaches to ensuring national and international security by means of nuclear missiles. It has been proven that American political doctrine in international politics gives one of the key places to the US missile and nuclear potential.