global deterrence posture
1Global Positioning System — GPS redirects here. For other uses, see GPS (disambiguation). Geodesy Fundamentals …
2James R. Schlesinger — Infobox US Cabinet official name=James R. Schlesinger imagesize=180px order=9th title=Director of Central Intelligence term start=January 2 1973 term end=July 2 1973 predecessor=Richard Helms successor=William Colby order2=12th title2=United… …
3Robert McNamara — Infobox Officeholder name = Robert McNamara imagesize = small caption = order = 8th United States Secretary of Defense term start = January 21, 1961 term end = February 29, 1968 vicepresident = viceprimeminister = deputy = Roswell Gilpatric,… …
4international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
5Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom — United Kingdom Nuclear program start date 10 April 1940 First nuclear weapon test 2 October 1952 First fusion weapon test …
6Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
7CIA transnational activities in counterproliferation — This article deals with activities of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, specifically dealing with arms control, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and weapons proliferation. It attempts to look at the process of tasking and analyzing, rather… …
8First strike — In nuclear strategy, a first strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country s ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country… …
9Mutual assured destruction — Nuclear weapons History Warfare Arms race Design Testing Effects Delivery Espionage …
10Nuclear program of Iran — See also: Iran and weapons of mass destruction Nuclear program of Iran …
