What is Nuclear Weapons System Survivability?
Nuclear Weapons System Survivability refers to the capability of nuclear forces, their nuclear control and support systems, and facilities to avoid, repel, or withstand attack or other hostile action, to the extent that essential functions (ability to perform assigned nuclear mission) can continue or be resumed shortly after onset of hostile action. Survivability can be achieved through a number of methods, such as preparation and use of reserve assets, redundancy, avoidance, reconstitution, deception and hardening.
