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Reciprocity in Deterrence, Not Just Trade

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesadversaries, allies, Arms Race, Artemis II, budget, China, Concurrency, congress, credibility, Deterrence, dynamic parity, Execution, extended deterrence, Force Planning, military, modernization, Multipolar , National Strategic Deterrence Fund, nuclear, pentagon, Reciprocity, Russia, strategic, Sufficiency, tactical, Trade, warheads

Reciprocity in Deterrence, Not Just Trade

Joseph H. Lyons1 Comment

Published: April 2, 2026 On December 23, 2025, the Pentagon released its annual 2025 China Military Power Report to Congress—a reminder that America is still trying to deter tomorrow with…

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Mutually Assured Destruction

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Mutually Assured Destruction

Peter Huessy0 Comments

Mutually assured destruction or MAD is not an American doctrine or military strategy. Those who believe MAD is how America deters nuclear-armed adversaries assume that any use of nuclear weapons by the United States…

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ICBM EAR Report 13 Jan 2025

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ICBM EAR Report 13 Jan 2025

Peter Huessy0 Comments

The ICBM EAR report provides a detailed assessment of the U.S. nuclear deterrent's status and future outlook, focusing on the threats posed by Russia and China. By 2035, these adversaries…

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We Are the Cat: How Schrödinger Can Teach Us to Hatelove the Bomb

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We Are the Cat: How Schrödinger Can Teach Us to Hatelove the Bomb

gsharpe & GSR Staff0 Comments

By Lt Col Shawn Littleton Wild Blue Yonder, By Lt Col Shawn Littleton With the movie Oppenheimer bringing the Bomb back into our casual conversations, it is a good time to rethink…

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