... Implications for U. S. Strategy“Business as Usual, Only Smaller”“Business as usual, only smaller” best characterizes the current offi-cial U. S. nuclear posture and strategy as described by ... interactions during a crisis. Indeed, alerts havepluses and minuses.15 Dealerting focuses only on the minuses, and specific schemes may not have the intended effects. Obviously, sur-vivability ... strategies:• Abolition of U. S. nuclear weapons, with or without formal armscontrol• Aggressive reductions and “dealerting”• “Business as usual, only smaller”84 Future Roles of U. S. Nuclear Forces:...