Americans have been led to believe that an all-out nuclear war would be mutually suicidal - that no one could "win" a nuclear war and that it is therefore "unthinkable." But such a line of reasoning may not hold true inside the powerful military establishment of the Soviet Union. Leading United States defense experts are deeply concerned that Soviet strategic military policy is aimed no longer at achieving nuclear parity with the U.S., but at securing a potential war-winning capability. In their view, the Soviets are intent on breaking out of the present nuclear standoff, with the aim of achieving such superiority so as to be able to strike first and absorb an expected counterblow...
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