•The final operational requirement is that nuclear
arsenals are secure from accidents and
unauthorized use
•Unfortunately, organizations change standard operating procedures after the threat has been noticed
•Evidence from US experience
–Test missile fired from Vandenberg Air Force base during
Cuban Missile Crisis
–Staff at a Montana silo gave themselves independent
ability to launch missiles
•New proliferants will choose an “opaque” path to proliferation, which is even more unstable
•Furthermore, new proliferants will not have the same time security that the US and USSR had