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This programme gives the Soviet view of the nuclear weapons dilemma. Filmed in Moscow, it shows senior Soviet spokesmen, academics, journalists and military representation, talking about and respon...ding to key issues in the nuclear debate. In particular the programme explores the impact of the Second World War on the formation of Soviet attitudes towards a nuclear confrontation, and identifies from a Soviet perspective, where the threat to peace is considered to be the most urgent. The programme then continues by looking at the current organisation of Soviet nuclear forces, and the ways in which the Soviet military believe a future nuclear war might be fought.
This programme gives the Soviet view of the nuclear weapons dilemma. Filmed in Moscow, it shows senior Soviet spokesmen, academics, journalists and military representation, talking about and respon...ding to key issues in the nuclear debate. In particular the programme explores the impact of the Second World War on the formation of Soviet attitudes towards a nuclear confrontation, and identifies from a Soviet perspective, where the threat to peace is considered to be the most urgent. The programme then continues by looking at the current organisation of Soviet nuclear forces, and the ways in which the Soviet military believe a future nuclear war might be fought.
| Module code and title: | U235, "Nuclear weapons: inquiry, analysis and debate" |
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| Item code: | U235; 07 |
| First transmission date: | 23-07-1986 |
| Published: | 1986 |
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| Restrictions on use: | |
| Duration: | 00:24:27 |
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| Producer: | Roger Penfound |
| Presenter: | Owen Greene |
| Contributors: | Anatolii' Andreevich Gromyko; General Millstein; General Tjushkevich; General Mikhailov; Gennadi Gerasimov; Victo Afanasev; Oleg Bykhov; John Erickson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Nuclear confrontation; Nuclear debate; Nuclear weapons; Soviet |
| Master spool number: | HOU5407 |
| Production number: | FOUP262A |
| Videofinder number: | 1340 |
| Available to public: | no |
