Title:
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MONITORING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR-EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS
AN ASSESSMENT OF METHODS AND CAPABILITIES |
By: |
National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee on International Security and Arms Control |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£38.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0309095972 |
ISBN 13: |
9780309095976 |
Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 April, 2005 |
Pages: |
264 |
Description: |
A study, in which CISAC tackles the dimensions of a controversy: To what extent, could existing and plausibly attainable measures for transparency and monitoring make possible the verification of all nuclear weapons: strategic and nonstrategic, deployed and non-deployed, as well as the components and materials that are their essential ingredients? |
Synopsis: |
In this study, CISAC tackles the technical dimensions of a longstanding controversy: To what extent could existing and plausibly attainable measures for transparency and monitoring make possible the verification of all nuclear weaponsa "strategic and nonstrategic, deployed and nondeployeda "plus the nuclear-explosive components and materials that are their essential ingredients? The committeea (TM)s assessment of the technical and organizational possibilities suggests a more optimistic conclusion than most of those concerned with these issues might have expected. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |