1.   Evidently the new strategic partners are permitted offensive missiles for mutual annihilation but not defenses against an accidental launch.

2.   American leaders still have satellite warning systems to prevent accidental launches when other systems give false warnings.

3.   At that point, the people of the subcontinent will live under the threat of an accidental launch of nuclear weapons.

4.   If Clinton were worried about accidental launches, as he claims, he would stop blocking U.S. missile defense.

5.   So far, American officials have not shared the lessons they have learned in preventing accidental launches or deliberate thefts.

6.   So far, American officials have not shared the lessons they have learned in preventing accidental launches or thefts.

7.   That means allowing the United States to defend its cities against rogue nations, terrorists and accidental launches only in ways that Moscow approves.

8.   That would lessen the risks of accidental launch, and, in a crisis, give diplomats time to work.

9.   The discussions in Lahore led to a vague promise of sharing information to prevent an accidental launch of nuclear weapons.

10.   This was hardly a bargain for either country, given the decay of the Russian early-warning system and the increasingly real threat of an accidental launch.