Europe's Nuclear Superpowers

摘要: the verge of nuclear build-ups ambitious enough to turn either one into world's third superpower. The expansion British and French arsenals will add greatly West's firepower, but on balance these forces actually weaken Western security. reason is that they be deployed largely in potentially vulnerable destabilizing modes. In addition, threaten unity North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) viability alliance's doctrine. Perhaps most important, almost certainly spark a counterbuild-up by Soviets fatally complicate task arms control.