Based on the current concept that nuclear attack would occur only after an international crisis, thus providing from several days to several months of strategic warning, this study maintains that damage limiting systems can be designed that would reduce present estimates of about 100 million fatalities by 90 percent. Two extreme programs are considered: a 'cheap' program based on urban evacuation and improvised fallout shelters, and an 'expensive' program based on urban blast shelters and active defense. (Author)


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    Title :

    Limiting Damage from Nuclear War


    Contributors:
    W. M. Brown (author)

    Publication date :

    1969


    Size :

    104 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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