America’s Need for a Dead Hand System

America's Urgent Need for an AI-Enabled "Dead Hand" System

In an era marked by escalating nuclear tensions, the United States faces unprecedented challenges in maintaining nuclear deterrence capabilities against rising powers such as China, Russia, and North Korea. The pressing need for advancements in America's nuclear command, control, and communications system (NC3) has brought to light the potential integration of artificial intelligence (AI) to forge a more robust defense mechanism—a modern "dead hand" system.