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A 'Nuclear sponge' is an application of nuclear strategy that aims to divert a potential adversary's nuclear strikes away from major population centre to reduce the risk of civilian casualties.[1]
The theory in application is generally a large number or all of a nuclear-armed nation's land-based nuclear weapons being located in a confined area away from major population centres with the idea that an adversary would have to utilize a large number of their nuclear arsenal on the land-based locations to minimise the risk of a nuclear second strike retaliation.[2]
Application
[edit]United States
[edit]The current United States arsenal of LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBM's are located in the Great Plains, a geographical area of flat agricultural terrain away from major urban centres.[3]
People's Republic of China
[edit]Russian Federation
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Welcome to America's 'Nuclear Sponge'". Defense One. 2017-02-03. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
- ^ Analyst, Joseph Cirincione National Security (2024-07-02). "You Don't Want to Live in America's 'Nuclear Sponge'". Newsweek. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "America's Nuclear Triad". U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2024-10-10.