AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION, AND RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FORUM WITH DR. KEITH PAYNE, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY; AND AMBASSADOR ROBERT JOSEPH, SENIOR SCHOLAR AT THE NATIONAL INSITITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY, ON 'NUCLEAR FORCE ADAPTIBILITY FOR DETERRENCE AND ASSURANCE: A PRUDENT ALTERNATIVE TO MINIMUM DETERRENCE'

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Editor's Note: The business end of Nuclear Deterrence, the airmen, missilemen and sailors who work hard every day at the readiness required, know what Nuclear Deterrence means to them. There are others, however, who have a very different concept of what is necessary and their arguments are heard frequently and in high places. Their's is a concept of Minimum Deterrence to put that concept in context the author states here: "Minimum Deterrence is reflected in the many, many proposals that have been around since the '50s that suggest that U.S. force posture adequacy can be defined by anywhere from several nuclear weapons to up to about 1,000-several to up to about 1,000....