The problem of redundancy problem: Why more nuclear security forces may produce less nuclear security

Risk Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 935-946

  Sagan, Scott D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SECURITY THREAT;

ATOMIC WARFARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TERRORISM; THREAT;

EID: 4544366486     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0272-4332.2004.00495.x     Document Type: Review

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