The initial use of strategic nuclear weapons against a nuclear-armed adversary, theorized as feasible only if the attacker can destroy the adversary's retaliatory capacity.

After Sen had compared to other social arrangements theory, show the shortcomings of their respective, he then raised the point of view - the equal capacity feasible.

To consider whether that was feasible, the authors analysed the global absorption capacity of three export industries-steel, shipbuilding and machinery.