Aborting unauthorized launches of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles through postlaunch destruction

The establishment of postlaunch controls on nuclear?armed missiles, which would enable a country to destroy its missiles in flight in case of an accidental or unauthorized launch, would add another safeguard to the control of nuclear weapons. A system of postlaunch control could be made secure against attempts by another country to use the system to destroy authorized launches in flight.

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