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Counterforce Vulnerability

Counterforce Vulnerability is a strategic risk in nuclear deterrence theory, denoting the susceptibility of a state’s retaliatory forces to being destroyed or neutralized by an adversary’s precision-strike counterforce capabilities before they can execute a second strike.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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The New Era of Counterforce: Technological Change and the Future of Nuclear Deterrence

Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press · International Security · 2017 · 243 citations

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Stalking the Secure Second Strike: Intelligence, Counterforce, and Nuclear Strategy

Austin Long, Brendan Rittenhouse Green · Journal of Strategic Studies · 2014 · 163 citations · Full text

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The Window of Vulnerability That Wasn't: Soviet Military Buildup in the 1970s—A Research Note

International Security · 2008 · 44 citations

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All You Ever Wanted To Know About MIRV and ICBM Calculations But Were Not Cleared To Ask

Lynn E. Davis, Warner R. Schilling · Journal of Conflict Resolution · 1973 · 38 citations

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Physics and Calculus of Countercity and Counterforce Nuclear Attacks

Kosta Tsipis · Science · 1975 · 13 citations

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Authors

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  1. DG
    Daryl G. Press

    Dartmouth College, United States

    1 publications · 243 citations

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  2. BR
    Brendan Rittenhouse Green

    University of Cincinnati, United States

    1 publications · 163 citations

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  3. AL
    Austin Long

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 163 citations

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  4. KA
    Keir A. Lieber

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    1 publications · 243 citations

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  5. KT
    Kosta Tsipis

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Dartmouth College

    Hanover, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    243 citations

  2. United States Institute of Peace

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

  3. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    163 citations

  4. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    243 citations

  5. Walsh University

    North Canton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    243 citations

  6. Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

    Solna, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  7. Barnard College

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

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  1. International Security

    3 publications · 299 citations

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  2. Science

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  3. Journal of Conflict Resolution

    1 publications · 38 citations

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  4. Journal of Strategic Studies

    1 publications · 163 citations

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