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Assuring Control of Nuclear Weapons: The Evolution of Permissive Action Links (Csia Occasional Paper No 2)
Assuring Control of Nuclear Weapons The Evolution of Permissive Action Links - Csia Occasional Paper No 2 Author:Peter Stein, Peter Feaver A central problem in the history of nuclear weapons has been how to assure that they will only be used when directed and authorized) not in an accident, not by terrorists, not by allies, and not by battlefield commanders acting on their own. Permissive Action Links (PALs) were developed in the 1960s as a technological solution to this problem. T... more »his book first examines the factors of that led to the first decision to develop PALs. It then describes the subsequent expansion of PALs. Co-published with Harvard University's Center for Science and International Affairs.« less