Equalizing superpower force disparities with optimized arms control choices: A multi-objective approach

Reductions in strategic nuclear weapons for the two superpowers are examined using multi-objective linear programming. A window is postulated of allowable numbers of weapons in each of three categories: equivalent warheads, throw weight, and missile warheads. Weapons levels are generated via linear programming which minimize the maximum differences, across basing modes, between the arsenals of the two superpowers. Compromise solutions, in which the two arsenals look very much alike, are found.