Ensuring Effective Monitoring Technology for Arms Control Verification: Final Report.

摘要

The demand for monitoring technologies with applications in arms control verification has increased dramatically in recent years. Parallel to this development, however, is growing uneasiness in some quarters, particularly Congress, about whether the US government is organized in the best manner to ensure effective verification R and D for US arms control policy. Future arms control verification requirements, and the associated demand for monitoring technologies, will be determined by (1) broad national security goals; (2) the arms control agenda; (3) treaty-specific monitoring requirements; (4) verification standards; (5) intelligence capabilities; (6)resource allocation choices; and (7) the availability of safeguards. The principle driver for future verification technology demand will be treaty-specific monitoring requirements in light of US national security goals and related arms control objectives. But the other considerations will influence the specific demands for monitoring technologies -- increasing, tempering, or containing what is thought to be required. 2 tabs.