Agenda:

• Weren’t nukes good for global stability? The idea of Mutually Assured Destruction
• Game Theory and the First Strike problem of most nuclear weapons
• The Dr. Strangelove scenario
• Were there close calls? Yes, here are all of them
• Also, the broken arrow problem
• Can you actually get rid of nukes? Probably not….
• ...but can you get rid of the first strike problem? Probably!
• The magic of stealth boomer submarines
• Fmr. SecDef William J Perry’s modest proposal
• How would you get this done? Who do you lobby?

https://www.wjperryproject.org/

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