David Arceneaux on Nuclear Command and Control

The Russia-Ukraine war has us thinking about nuclear weapons and the range of scenarios that could lead to nuclear escalation. In this episode of On Target, Zuri’s guest is nuclear weapons expert David Arceneaux, who helps us understand the avenues that could lead to these weapons’ purposeful or accidental use. David also clears up common misconceptions about mutually assured destruction and discusses the dilemmas planners face when they grapple with the answers to the who, what, when, and how, of nuclear weapons deployment.