Author : Brian J. Gordon
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (951 download)
Book Synopsis Deception in Covert Nuclear Weapons Development by : Brian J. Gordon
Download or read book Deception in Covert Nuclear Weapons Development written by Brian J. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intelligence analysts, military planners, and scholars often define deception in strategic, operational, or tactical terms. This dissertation proposes that the long-term deception surrounding these R & D efforts is distinctive in its characteristics and calls for new methods mitigate its effects. A framework will be presented that allows an analyst to categorize observable signatures, formulate a judgement on whether long-term deception is taking place, and propose additional areas of collection that may yield evidence of R & D. Historical cases of non-nuclear and nuclear weapons R & D programs will be used to develop and test hypotheses related to the characteristics of long-term deception. Though focused in this dissertation on nuclear weapons R & D, the analytical approach taken and the hypotheses identified are applicable to other forms of long-term deception as well. The goal of this study is to give analysts in any discipline an additional tool to categorize information and spot common themes that indicate deception. An understanding of common uses of deception, its coordination, and the observables that may reveal such deception will assist intelligence collection and analysis that seeks to identify covert nuclear weapons programs, and officials who require accurate and reliable information on such programs to develop sound policy.
