Links to sources on Nuclear Weapons,
Ballistic Missiles, and Ballistic Missile Defense
Specific Information on Ballistic
Missiles, Nuclear Weapons, and Missile Defense
Reference
Yahoo index on Ballistic
Missiles
Government
US
Government, Department of Defense, Information on Iraqi SCUD Missiles
US
Government, Department of Defense, IraqWatch
(reference for information on Iraqi military capabilities and missile programs)
US
Government, Department of Defense, Strategic
Command (the US
military command that operates US nuclear weapons)
Ballistic
Missile Defense Organization (BMDO):
The unit within the US Department of Defense that coordinates all work on
National Missile Defense and Theater Missile Defense
The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,
created in 1961 to emphasize and prioritize the importance of managing and even
curbing the arms race has been folded back into the State Department
organization. It had been a semi-independent agency of the State Department.
Now these issues (conventional, nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons
proliferation, the limitation and reduction of the US and Russian nuclear arsenal,
confidence- and security-building measures, arms transfers and related issues)
are under the authority of the Undersecretary
of State for Arms Control and International Security
US
Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on National Missile
Defense and Russia June 2002
US
Congress, CRS Report on "Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and
Missiles" February 2008
US
Congress, CRS Report on "Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical and Missile
Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Laws"
October 2005
Cox Report
(The United States House of Representatives Select Committee on US National
Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China).
It examined the possible espionage at the US National Nuclear Labs at Los
Alamos and possible leaking of sensitive information to the People's Liberation
Army by US Aerospace firms.
US
Government, Central Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence Council, "Foreign Missile
Developments and the Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States Through
2015," September
1999
US
Government, Review
of United States Policy Toward North Korea: Findings and Recommendations," has been published in
declassified form.
US National Air and Space Museum, Space
Race (Not a government website)
History of the
US Air Force Ballistic
Missile Programs
National
Security Archive, "The Secret
History of the ABM Treaty, 1969-1972" (archive
of declassified US government documents on the ABM Treaty)
Non-Governmental Organizations
(think tanks, non-profit
organizations, academic research, international advocacy groups)
Arms
Control Association (ACA): Non-profit organization that watches
over world military trends; it has a decidedly pro-arms control attitude
Center
for Non-proliferation Studies (CNS) at the Monterrey Institute of
International Studies, which is one of the best sources on information on the
spread of weapons of mass destruction
Federation of American Scientists, Ballistic Missile
resources
(think tank)
Federation
of American Scientists, Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty resources (think tank)
Federation
of American Scientists Arms Sales Monitor
Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace, World Missile Chart (the think tanks compilation of the
ballistic missile resources of nations)
Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on nuclear weapons
Natural
Resources Defense Council (NRDC): Non-profit organization that watches
over world military trends
NRDC
on nuclear
weapons and arms control
NRDC
on the US
nuclear war plans
NRDC
archive on nuclear
weapon capabilities of the US and USSR/Russia
Council
for a Livable World on Missile Defense
Stanley Foundation Conference On ballistic
missile threat in Northeast Asia
Bulletin
of the Atomic Scientists
(journal on nuclear weapons and missile issues)
Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists page on Nuclear
Weapons
Acronym Institute (think tank)
Coalition
to Reduce Nuclear Danger:
A center-left organization that focuses on US and international nuclear weapons
policy.
Union of Concerned Scientists: Center-left in its ideology and
focuses on ways to reduce the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
reign in US defense expenditures and deployments.
High
Frontier Organization
(organization that promotes missile defense)
Atomic Archive (private firm that produces reference
CD-ROMs)
Nuclear
Age Peace Foundation Nuclear Files
(reference organization, has audio and photographs)
General Resources where you can
search for information on Nuclear Weapons, Ballistic Missiles, and Missile
Defenses
United States Government
House Committee on
Armed Services,
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Senate Committee on Armed Services,
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
For
Congressional Hearings on various subjects go to the Government Printing Office
(GPO) then click on Senate or House
Committees to get to full text on-line hearings from various committees.
Congressional
Research Service (CRS): Possibly the best source of information on government
policy and foreign affairs comes from this, Congress' own research
organization. For their reports -- excellent for research papers -- you can go
a number of places: CRS Reports through the
Federation of American Scientists
CRS
Reports from
OpenCRS.Org
Office
of the Secretary of Defense:
The Department of Defense is the lead department for organizing US armed
forces. Civilian control of the military is maintained through the top level of
the department.
Its
uniformed institutional units include: the Joint
Chiefs of Staff,
where coordination of US military policy among the uniformed services is
achieved (sometimes)
Defense Intelligence Agency:
The OSD’s own intelligence organization
National Security Agency (NSA):
The Dept. of Defense’s organization
that deals with intercepting and decoding foreign intelligence
The
US Commission of National Security (USCNS Reports):
A Congressionally-funded Commission to study the future of US national
security, chaired by former senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman.
Non-Governmental Organizations
(think tanks, non-profit organizations, academic research, international
advocacy groups)
Links
to military
capabilities of foreign nations,
click here
There
are many non-governmental sources of information on defense issues (think
tanks). Some of the best are:
Center
for Strategic and International Affairs (CSIS): attached to Georgetown University.
It produces reports on national security, and is filled with ex-government
officials
Brookings
Institution:
Non-profit organization that watches over world political trends and also
includes many former government officials
American
Enterprise Institute (AEI): leans conservative, but is not
ideological
Columbia
International Affairs Online (CIAO): Columbia University’s compilation of
papers, journals, web sites, and other resources on international affairs. It’s
no a think tank itself, but collects information from think tanks, government,
and other academic circles on international affairs and national security. You
may need to use your VCU password and login to get into this system. It has a specific
link to Working
Papers from
various think tanks and scholarly institutes.
Henry
L. Stimson Center:
Non-profit organization that watches over world political and military trends,
in particular United nations peace operations
Nixon Center:
Non-Profit organization that studies foreign and national security policy,
leans toward republican ideas
Rand
Corporation:
US government funded think-tank, but its reports are designed to analyze
government policy, not justify it. (In other words, it is honest analytically)
A
cite with links to a number of think tanks is found by clicking here.
Within
the US government, as part of the Department of Defense, are:
Strategic
Studies Institute (SSI) of the US Army War College
Institute
for National Strategic Studies (INSS)
of the National Defense University. (I've given you links to their publications
and links pages. The Strategic Studies Institute has the most comprehensive set
of links on security and foreign affairs I've ever seen.)
Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency: This is the coordinator of all US
intelligence.
CIA includes including the National
Reconnaissance Office (NRO) which
directs US satellite intelligence capabilities
The president is advised on
intelligence matters by the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB).
Professional Organizations
American
Political Science Association (APSA): The professional organization for
Political Scientists. It has information on the discipline, careers, and
research opportunities, and sponsors the major conferences on political issues
International
Studies Association (ISA):
The professional organization for scholars who study international
issues (from art to politics). It has information on the discipline, careers,
and research opportunities, and sponsors the major conferences on these issues
Association of professional Schools of
International Affairs (ASPIA):
An association linking schools that give undergraduate and graduate degrees in
international affairs. If you’re interested in graduate school in international
affairs, go here to find out more information on the best schools of this type.