Some recommended nuclear weapon documents

Some recommended nuclear weapon documents
last modified 25 August 2002
(external links--locations in parenthesis)

general material:
- The Cold War resources by David Johnston, 2000.
- Global Nuclear Stockpiles, 1945-1996 (NRDC).
- Internet and the Bomb (NRDC).
- National Security Research on the Internet by William M. Arkin, 2000 (Center for Strategic Education, Johns Hopkins University).
- Nuclear Notebook by the NRDC, published in The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS).
- Nuclear Weapons Frequently Asked Questions by Carey Sublette, 20 Feb 1999 (FAS).
- Taking Stock: Worldwide Nuclear Deployments 1998 1998 (NRDC).
on programs, weapons, and deployments--United States:
- 1999 Annual Report to the President and the Congress by William S. Cohen, 1998 (DOD) (.pdf format).
- 2000 Annual Report to the President and the Congress by William S. Cohen, 1999 (DOD) (.pdf format).
- 2001 Annual Report to the President and the Congress by William S. Cohen, 2000 (DOD) (.pdf format).
- The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Cost Study Project by Stephen I. Schwartz (Brookings).
on programs, weapons, and deployments--Soviet Union/Russia:
- Early Russian Ballistic Missiles by Mark Wade, 22 Dec 2000 (Encyclopedia Astronautica).
- Modernization of Strategic Nuclear Weapons in Russia: The Emerging New Posture by Nikolai Sokov, May 1998 (at CACEES, MIPT).
- Nuclear Successor States of the Soviet Union: Status Report on Nuclear Weapons, Fissile Material and Export Controls, Mar 1998 (CNS).
on programs, weapons, and deployments--People's Republic of China:
- Annual Report on the Military Power of the People's Republic of China by the US Secretary of Defense, Jun 2000 (FAS).
- Resources on China (CNS).
on programs, weapons, and deployments--South Africa:
- CNS Resources on South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Program (CNS).
- RSA (Republic of South Africa Ballistic Missile and Space Programs) by Mark Wade, 22 Dec 2000 (Encyclopedia Astronautica).
on programs, weapons, and deployments--North Korea:
- CNS Resources on North Korea's Nuclear Program (CNS).
- Taepodong 1 by Mark Wade, 22 Dec 2000 (Encyclopedia Astronautica).
on programs, weapons, and deployments--proliferation:
- Nuclear Weapons Programs Worldwide: An Historical Overview by ISIS, 2000 (ISIS).
- Plutonium Watch: Tracking Civil Plutonium Inventories: End of 1999 by David Albright and Mark Gorwitz, Oct 2000 (ISIS).
- Worldwide Threat 2001: National Security in a Changing World by George J. Tenet, DCI, 7 Feb 2001 (CIA).
- Surprise Down Under: The Secret History of Australia's Nuclear Ambitions by Jim Walsh, fall 1997 (CNS).
- Tito's Nuclear Legacy by William C. Potter, Djuro Milijanic and Ivo Slaus, Mar/Apr 2000 (CNS).
- Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East (CNS).
on strategic defense:
- Polyus by Mark Wade, 22 Dec 2000 (Encyclopedia Astronautica).
- Six Reasons Why Arms Control Advocates Are Wrong: The ABM Treaty Is Not in Force by David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey, 7 Jun 2000 (Heritage).
on nuclear testing:
- Radiological Effluents Released from U.S. Continental Tests, 1961 through 1992 by DOE, Aug 1996 (DOE) (.pdf format).
- United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992 by DOE, Dec 2000 (DOE) (.pdf format).
on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty:
- ACA documents and analysis on the CTBT by the Arms Control Association, 2000 (ACA).
- The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: The Costs Outweigh the Benefits by Kathleen C. Bailey, 15 Jan 1999 (CATO).
other material:
- Scientific Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster by Division of Scientific Data Registry, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute.