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This encyclopedic book provides comprehensive data about Soviet and Russian strategic weapons, payloads, and delivery systems and on the nuclear complex that supports them. The data are drawn from open, primarily Russian sources. All the information is presented chronologically, arranged by individual systems and facilities, and is not available elsewhere in a single volume.
Following an overview of the history of Soviet strategic forces, the book discusses the structure of the political and military leadership in the Soviet Union and Russia, the structure of the Russian military and military industry, nuclear planning procedures, and the structure of the command and control system. It describes the nuclear warhead production complex and the Soviet nuclear weapon development program. It then focuses on the individual services that constitute the so-called strategic triad -- land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, the strategic submarine fleet, and strategic aviation. It presents an overview of Soviet strategic defense, including air defense systems, the Moscow missile defense system, the radar and space-based early warning networks, and the space surveillance system. The book also includes a description of the Soviet nuclear testing program, including information on test sites and on all Soviet nuclear tests and peaceful nuclear explosions. It concludes with a look at the future of strategic nuclear weapons in Russia.
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Pavel Podvig is a Research Fellow at the Center for Arms Control Studies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
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Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces (MIT Press)
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 9.25 inches. xxi, [1], 692, [4] pages. Some soiling to cover and edges but text clean. Tables/Tabular information. Figures. Maps. Foreword by Frank von Hippel. Contributions by Oleg Bukharin, Timur Kadyshev, Eugene Miasnikov, Igor Sutyagin, Maxim Tarasenko, Boris Zhelezov and the Editor. This is a book by The Center for Arms Control, Energy and Environmental Studies at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The English-language edition was supported by The Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Contains a List of Major Weapon Systems, Foreword, Preface, About the Authors and chapters on Soviet and Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces; The structure and operations of Strategic Nuclear Forces; The Nuclear Weapons Production Complex; The Strategic Rocket Forces, Naval Strategic Nuclear Forces. Strategic Aviation, Strategic Defense, Nuclear Tests, and an Afterword: Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces in Transition. There is an Appendix: Designations of Soviet and Russian Strategic Systems, Notes, and Index. Frank von Hippel stated in his Foreword that "The battle over the availability of information relevant to nuclear weapons policy in Russia therefore continues. Much hangs on the result, and we owe much to the authors of this volume for being willing to put themselves at risk to ensure that the international policy debate is grounded on solid facts and analysis." This encyclopedic book provides comprehensive data about Soviet and Russian strategic weapons, payloads, and delivery systems and on the nuclear complex that supports them. The data are drawn from open, primarily Russian sources. All the information is presented chronologically, arranged by individual systems and facilities, and is not available elsewhere in a single volume. Following an overview of the history of Soviet strategic forces, the book discusses the structure of the political and military leadership in the Soviet Union and Russia, the structure of the Russian military and military industry, nuclear planning procedures, and the structure of the command and control system. It describes the nuclear warhead production complex and the Soviet nuclear weapon development program. It then focuses on the individual services that constitute the so-called strategic triad -- land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, the strategic submarine fleet, and strategic aviation. It presents an overview of Soviet strategic defense, including air defense systems, the Moscow missile defense system, the radar and space-based early warning networks, and the space surveillance system. The book also includes a description of the Soviet nuclear testing program, including information on test sites and on all Soviet nuclear tests and peaceful nuclear explosions. It concludes with a look at the future of strategic nuclear weapons in Russia. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Seller Inventory # 84059
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