ABSTRACT
The proposal for a nuclear freeze is a subject of increasing public attention in our country. The dominant theme of Reagan administration rhetoric is that the Soviet Union is superior to the United States in nuclear weapons; therefore a buildup of our nuclear armaments must take priority over any negotiation of new arms control measures. The negotiations in Geneva promise to be nothing more than a propaganda battle during the present US administration. Despite the disclaimings of US declaratory policy, the history of nuclear development has been one of consistent attempts to make nuclear weapons usable. In the end, the control of nuclear weapons may only be possible by development of more imaginative means of deploying and employing conventional forces. Nuclear weapons are fundamentally different from conventional ones, a fact requiring no elaboration. Granted, the United States needs to have capabilities for trying to contain a nuclear exchange once one has begun, no matter what the reason—accident, miscalculation, or whatever.
