NEW WEAPONS AND THE RESORT TO FORCE

In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 238-258

Abstract

A STATE PLANNING TO WAGE WAR BECAUSE A NEW TECHNOLOGY WAS HELD TO BE ALMOST CERTAIN TO GUARANTEE VICTORY, WOULD VERY LIKLEY BE DISAPPOINTED. IN THE LATE 1970S AND THE 1980S, NEW STRATEGIC, TACTICAL NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPON TECHNOLOGIES PROMISE FAR GREATER LETHALITY-PER-ROUND, OR EFFECTIVENESS, THAN EVER BEFORE, BUT THE WILLINGNESS TO RESORT TO FORCE SHOULD NOT BE ENHANCED THEREBY.