Arms Control Exam

Created on October 23, 2023

Arms Control

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1. According to Robert Jervis, arms control became a much more relevant field when it was recognized that:

A. The objectives of arms control and security policies were not opposed

B. A key objective of our military was to avert total nuclear war

C. Neither side wants the other to be able to knock it out in a first strike

D. A and B

E. All of the above

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2. According to President Trump's Nuclear Posture Review, deployment of which weapons system might encourage Russia to negotiate a reduction of its low-yield theater nuclear weapons?

A. Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM)

B. Sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCM)

C. Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM)

D. Long range standoff weapons (LRSO)

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3. The Nuclear Posture Review sees the INF Treaty and its history as an example of:

A. An example of an arms control agreement that has been violated

B. Why arms control never works

C. An example of what to emulate

D. None of the above

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4. The Nuclear Posture Review identifies space as:

A. A sanctuary for critical American command, control, and communication satellites

B. Space as a zone that is so congested and competitive, the U.S. needs to modernize its command, control, and communications systems so they will no longer have to be based in space

C. An arena in which China and Russia are increasingly able to neutralize U.S. satellites

D. None of the above

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5. President Trump’s National Defense Strategy prioritizes modernizing:

A. Nuclear forces, space and cyber warfare capabilities, and command, control, and communication

B. Missile defenses against North Korea

C. Military power projection capabilities

D. A and C

E. All of the above

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6. Eisenhower’s military doctrine emphasized:

A. Fear of the military-industrial complex bankrupting America and undermining capitalism and liberal democracy

B. A willingness to use nuclear weapons as readily as conventional weapons

C. Nuclear brinksmanship

D. Depended on the promotion of atoms for peace

E. A, B, and C

F. A and D

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7. Nixon’s and Ford’s key arms control objective was to:

A. Close the “window of vulnerability”

B. Improve relations with the Soviets

C. Accelerate our allies’ adoption of the NPT

D. All of the above

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8. The Reagan Administration:

A. Rejected détente with the Soviet Union and spent heavily to promote the arms race

B. Distrusted arms control and halted Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty talks

C. Promoted the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons

D. Agreed to have strategic arsenals under the strategic arms reduction talks

E. A and B

F. All of the above

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