While MPC&A has been successful problems still remain and efforts are needed to enhance international efforts.
The question qui prodest? – who profits? drove the Center for Policy Studies in Russia to investigate “The Gyroscope Deal” between Russia and Iraq.
Russia continues to fail in its enforcement of its regulations against missile exports.
Former Russian Security Council Secretary Aleksandr Lebed has stirred controversy with allegations that the Russian government is unable to account for some eighty small atomic demolition munitions (ADMs).
Amidst numerous contradictory reports patterns can be distinguished that provide clues to unraveling the story of “suitcase nukes.”
Gyroscopes discovered in Iraq originated from a closed military institute in Russia.
July 25, 1997 Tariq Rauf Read the article as a PDF
July 1997 By Tariq Rauf Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: Questions and Answers is a guide on NWFZs prepared by the International Organizations and Nonproliferation Program. → Read the PDF
Countries may seek to deploy more and have a greater reliance upon tactical nuclear weapons unless actions are taken to prevent this from happening.
This article is part of a collection examining reported incidents of nuclear or radioactive materials trafficking in or originating from the Newly Independent States.
