@article{ author = {Sherman Frankel}, title = {Aborting unauthorized launches of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles through postlaunch destruction}, journal = {Science & Global Security}, volume = {2}, number = {1}, pages = {1-20}, year = {1990}, URL = {https://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/1990/11/aborting_unauthorized_launches.html}, eprint = {http://scienceandglobalsecurity.org/archive/sgs02frankel.pdf}, abstract = {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.} }