- In
nuclear strategy,
countervalue is the
targeting of an opponent's ****ets that are of
value but not
actually a
military threat, such as
cities and civilian...
- [clarification needed] A
counterforce target is
distinguished from a
countervalue target,
which includes an adversary's po****tion, knowledge, economic...
- (PDF) on 10
October 2017. As
noted above,
nuclear weapons designed for
countervalue or city-killing
purposes tend to be of the
strategic class, with known...
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prisoners of war,
abducted as a
means of
hostage diplomacy, used as
countervalue targets, enslaved, or
apprehended for
purposes of
criminal justice. Treatment...
- A
counterforce weapon requires a much more
accurate warhead than a
countervalue weapon, as it must be
guaranteed to
detonate very
close to its target...
- industries, transportation, economic, and
energy infrastructure, and
countervalue targets such
areas such as
cities and towns. It is in
contrast to a tactical...
-
Robert McNamara changed the US
Nuclear War plan from the 'city killing'
countervalue strike plan to a "counterforce" plan (targeted more at
military forces)...
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Soviet missiles.
Firing early might mean
striking civilian targets (
countervalue) when the
Soviets had only
targeted military installations, something...
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second strike was
initially only
possible against very large,
undefended countervalue targets like cities. Later-generation
missiles with much
improved accuracy...
- with much more energy. ****ured
destruction Bernard Brodie Counterforce,
Countervalue Decapitation strike Deterrence theory Doctrine for
Joint Nuclear Operations...
