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NSDD 9 Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for Fiscal Year (FY) 1982 and FY 1983
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 28, 1981
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National Security Decision
Directive Number 9
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION
FOR FY 1982 AND FY 1983
The Secretary of Defense is authorized to deploy nuclear
weapons during FY 1982 and FY 1983 as indicated in Tables 1
and 2, subject to future policy and programming decisions.
Deployment figures are end fiscal year levels and are to be
achieved in an orderly manner consistent with operational
requirements.
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Where necessary for prudent management, actual
deployments may vary up to plus or minus 10 percent (up to
a maximum of 60 weapons) from the total authorizations by
country, region, and afloat (Table 1) or by category for
each region, and afloat (Table 2) -whichever is more
restrictive--except:
(1) Where substantial changes in deployments
are scheduled to occur between fiscal years, in which
case the 10 percent/60 maximum rule will apply after the
new deployment level is reached, but not later than the
end of each fiscal year.
(2) For nuclear weapons on Guam or afloat,
where the plus 10 percent/60 percent maximum ceiling
holds, but no minimum deployment level is required.
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