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NDD 740

Emerging Technologies and Nuclear Deterrence Operations

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
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Description

This course provides students with an opportunity to discuss the implications of seven technologies (artificial intelligence, quantum computing, autonomous systems, hypersonic weapons, directed energy weapons, fractional orbital bombardment systems, and perception manipulation technology) on nuclear deterrence operations.

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Lecture3

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Offered: Every Fall and Spring

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fall, spring

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Learning Outcomes

  • explain how the seven technologies studied work.
  • evaluate the implications of these new technologies for nuclear deterrence operations.
  • evaluate technological developments for their implications to future warfare.
  • place new technologies within a broader historical context.