Weapons of
Mass Destruction (nuclear, biological, chemical and delivery systems)
General Information
on Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterrey Institute of International Studies
The Federation of American Scientists
Nuclear
Weapons and Ballistic Missiles
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Yahoo index on Ballistic Missiles
Yahoo index on nuclear arms control
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
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 Congress, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on National Missile Defense and Russia
US Congress, CRS Report on "Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles"
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
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 (Perry Commission)
US National Air and Space Museum, Space Race page
History of the US Air Force Ballistic Missile Programs
Anti-Ballistic
Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty)
National Security Archive, "The Secret
History of the ABM Treaty, 1969-1972" (archive of declassified
Intermediate Nuclear Force Treaty (INF Treaty)
1987 (limited medium and intermediate range nuclear missiles in
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START) 1991
(limited long-range nuclear missiles between the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II) 1993 (placed
further limitations on long-range nuclear missiles between the
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 ballistic 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 the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
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.
Report for Federation of American Scientists, Ivan Oelrich, “Missions for Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War” 2005
Biological
and Chemical Weapons
Non-Governmental Organizations (think tanks, non-profit organizations, academic research, international advocacy groups)
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Non-proliferation Project, Bioweapons page
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Bioterrorism page
Center for the Study of Bioterrorism and Emerging Infections, St. Louis University
Johns Hopkins University, Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute (research organization dedicated to the elimination of chemical and biological weapons)
Chemical and Biological Weapons
Nonproliferation Project,
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Program, Federation of American Scientists (think tank)
Chemical and Biological Weapons Resource Page, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterrey Institute of International Studies (think tank)
Institute for Defense Analysis, "Force and Strategy Assessments" (research on Biological and Chemical weapons can be found here)
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) research on Biological and Chemical weapons
US Government, Department of Defense Anthrax Immunization Program
US Government, Congressional Research Service Reports (accessed through Rep. Chris Shays’ office)
"Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles"
"Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical and Missile Proliferation Sanctions: Selected Current Laws"
US Government, Central Intelligence Agency, "Chemical/Biological/ Radiological Incident Handbook," October 1998
Chemical Weapons Convention (The international treaty that calls for the elimination and prohibition of chemical weapons)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) (created by the Chemical Weapons Convention) This organization attempts to monitor the potential spread and progress toward dismantlement of chemical weapons
Biological Weapons Convention (International Treaty that calls for the elimination and prohibition of biological weapons)
World Health Organization, Health Aspects of Biological and Chemical Weapons
World Health Organization, Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response (Q and A resource)