New Technologies and the Arms Race [Paperback]

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Technology, Arms Race and Disarmament which took place at Castiglioncello, Italy, in September 1987. The papers examine strategic defence policies, nuclear weapons proliferation and arms control among many other topics.Part 1 Civilian versus military technology: do civilian spin-offs justify investments in military technology?, Umberto Colombo and Giuseppe Lanzavecchia; non-military justification of military R and D - rationality or rationalization?, Lloyd J.Dumas; non-military justifications for investments in military R and D, Roberto Fieschi; non-military justifications for investments in military technologies, Shelevath Freier. Part 2 The strategic defence initiative - military and civilian space technology: scientists and the strategic defence initiative, Sidney D.Drell; defensive and offensive weapons in space and civilian space technologies, Richard L.Garwin; clarifying ABM Treaty ambiguities - threshold limits, John E.Pike; cosmic space and the role of Europe, Rolf Linkhor; a technical assessment of potential threats to NATO from non-nuclear Soviet tactical ballistic missiles, Benoit Morel and Theodore A.Postol. Part 3 Civilian nuclear technologies and nuclear weapons proliferation: civilian nuclear technologies and nuclear weapons proliferation, John P.Holdren; nuclear disarmament and peaceful nuclear technology - can we have both?, Theodore B.Taylor; Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme and its implications, Jorma K.Miettinen. Part 4 Problems of command and control: routine nuclear operations, Paul Bracken; arms, decision-making and information technology, Allan M.Din; controlling theatre nuclear war, Desmond Ball; problems in European command and control, George W.Rathjens. Part 5 Arms control - successes and failures: the purpose, achievements and priorities of arms control, Paul S.Brown; progress and failure in arms control, Edy Korthals Altes; steps to constrain arms races, F.A.LonlD