Adapting the Hardware of NATO’s Forward-Deployed Nuclear Forces
- EU and strategic partners,
- EU strategy and foreign policy,
- Europe in the World,
- European defence / NATO,
Abstract: NATO’s theater nuclear posture, generally unchanged since the end of the Cold War, has come under increased scrutiny as Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine raise questions about Allied forces’ nuclear credibility and sufficiency. An exploration of alternative hardware options—using the criteria of military and political credibility as well as political and technical feasibility—demonstrates that NATO’s current posture must evolve into a more diversified force to effectively enhance extended nuclear deterrence and Allied assurance.
This paper was first published in the Æther Journal of Strategic Airpower & Spacepower and the full text can be read there.
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