The leased submarines are expected to be armed with Club-S missiles.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, there have been frequent reports of illicit trafficking in fissile materials from the Newly Independent States (NIS).
Do the World Trade Center and Pentagon bombings represent a major US intelligence failure? Reply prepared by Dr. Phillip Saunders, Director, East Asia Nonproliferation Program By definition these attacks represent an intelligence failure, because the intelligence and law enforcement communities did not provide advance warning that they were coming. That said, it is extremely difficult […]
Due to its instability and shared borders with neighboring states, developments in Afghanistan have long been Russia’s concern.
An informal network of nonproliferation specialists who have participated in training programs and maintain contact with CNS.
The US-Russian cooperative programs for nuclear nonproliferation have made unprecedented efforts to enhance the security of a significant amount of fissile material in Russia, but now face the challenge of maintaining long term success.
Jon Brook Wolfsthal Cristina Chuen Emily Ewell Daughtry June 18, 2001 Status Report On June 18, 2001 the sixth edition of the joint Monterey Institute-Carnegie Endowment Nuclear Status Report was released at the Carnegie Endowment’s Nonproliferation Conference in Washington, DC. This report is the most complete single source of information on Russia’s nuclear arsenal and stockpile, the […]
Nuclear Status Report: Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material, and Export Controls in the Former Soviet Union
Policymakers, non-governmental analysts, and journalists met for the workshop in Washington, DC.
Approaches and positions towards tactical nuclear weapons will need rethinking and reformulation.
