Downsizing Russia ’ s Nuclear Warhead Production Infrastructure Report

Nuclear Warhead Verification: A Review of Attribute and Template Systems

Verification of current nuclear arms control treaties between United States and Russia relies primarily on the verification of delivery vehicles. Warheads are counted indirectly via the delivery vehicles that they are associated with. As states move to lower numbers of nuclear weapons in their arsenals, verification will likely pose complex challenges. Most importantly, future nuclear disarmame...

National Missile Defense and the Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy

National Miss ile Defens e If U.S. national missile defense (NMD) were only about countering ballistic missiles deployed by rogue states,1 then whether to deploy limited NMD would be a “normal” national security issue. The military-technical question would concern feasibility: Would the missile defense work against the small missile forces that a few states may eventually deploy? The military-p...

Official Use Only Interim Technical Report on Radiation Signatures for Monitoring Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement

Stewards and Custodians: Tomorrow’s Crisis for the Russian Nuclear Weapons Complex?

For years to come, the Russian nuclear weapons production complex will remain responsible for missions that are central to international security and nonproliferation, including: • dismantlement of retired nuclear weapons; • support to Russia’s operational nuclear warhead stockpile to assure its safety, security, and reliability; • safe and secure storage, management, and disposition of hundred...

Monte Carlo simulations of a physical cryptographic warhead verification protocol using nuclear resonance fluorescence

Future multilateral nuclear arms reduction efforts will require technologies for the verification of treaty compliance. In particular, warheads slated for dismantlement will need to be verified for authenticity without revealing any sensitive weapons design information to international inspectors. Recent efforts have investigated physical cryptographic verification protocols that attempt to sol...