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From Trinity to the Triad: the heritage of nuclear deterrence

A lavastone obelisk marks the site of Ground Zero for the first nuclear detonation, conducted July 16, 1945, on the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. The Trinity Site is open to the public twice a year and personnel are on hand to educate visitors about the Manhattan Project and the beginning of the atomic age. (U. S. Air Force photo by Glenn S. Robertson)

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Trinity Site Papers

Published April 13, 2022
Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL

These papers are written by students and faculty assigned to the Air University and military defense analysts within the Air Force Counter-WMD Community of Practice. The purpose of these papers is to provide useful ideas and independent analysis of issues of current or potential importance to the Air Force Secretariat and Air Staff.

1. Countering WMD: AF Roles and Responsibilities

2. Discarding the Cold War WMD Construct

3. The Role of the Long-Range Strategic Bomber

4. Enhancing Air Interdiction of WMD

5. Nuclear Hell on Wheels: Examining the Need for a Mobile ICBM

6. Ensuring Strategic Stability in the Second Nuclear Age

7. Chemical Biological-Capable RPA Threats and National Security Implications

8. Bomber Assurance and Deterrence Missions: Effect on North Korean Discourse

9. Assessing The Uncertainty Of Nuclear Deterrence

10. Defining a Class of Offensive Destructive Cyber Weapons As Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Examination of the Merits

11. South Korean Efforts to Counter North Korean Aggression

12. Don’t Be Caught In the Dark: Examining Deterrence Options for a High Attitude Electromagnetic Pulse Limited Nuclear Attack

13. U.S. Air Force Posture: Impacts to Japanese Assurance in the Indo-PACOM AOR

14. Credibility of U.S. Deterrence in the Baltic States After Crimea’s Annexation

15. Addressing Biological Threats in the DOD CB Defense Program

16. Invisible Stop Signs: The Impact of Secrecy on Deterrence

17. Rose-Colored Glasses: How Western Mirroring Could Result in Inadvertent Nuclear War with Russia

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