The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation distills complex information into easily digestible and succinct fact sheets for educational purposes. Below are selected fact sheets on topics relating to nuclear weapons, non-proliferation policy, Pentagon spending, nuclear-capable countries and more.
Biological and Chemical Weapons
Defense Budget
Countries
Iran Deal
Missile Defense
Multilateral Export Control Regimes
No First Use
Non-Proliferation
- The Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
- Russia’s Use of Thermobaric Weapons in Ukraine
- Low-Enriched Uranium for Naval Reactors
- Congress’ Options on Civil Nuclear Waste Disposal
- Advanced Reactors, Nuclear Security and Non-Proliferation Concerns
- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle
- Uranium Enrichment: For peace or for Weapons
- The Civilian and Military Characteristics of Plutonium
- The Hague Code of Conduct
- Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
- Nuclear Proliferation Risks in Nuclear Energy Programs
- Nuclear Terrorism: A Clear and Present Danger
- Preventing a Dirty Bomb: Why Radiological Security Matters
- Disposal of Weapons-Grade Plutonium: Current Plans and Controversy
- Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
Nuclear Weapons
- Thermonuclear Weapons
- U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe
- U.S. Plutonium Pit Production
- Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles
- The U.S. Nuclear Triad
- U.S. Nuclear Weapons Modernization: Costs and Constraints
- The W93 Warhead
- U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
- Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV)
- U.S. Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
- Is a New Nuclear Air-Launched Cruise Missile Necessary?
- Low-Yield Trident D-5 Warhead: Dangerous, Unnecessary and Destabilizing
Treaties
- 1963: Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT)
- 1967: Outer Space Treaty
- 1970: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
- 1972: Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
- 1972: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (Interim Agreement)
- 1974: Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT)
- 1979: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II (SALT II)
- 1988: Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
- 1991: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)
- 1992: Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty
- 1993: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)
- 1996: The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
- 2002: The Treaty on Open Skies
- 2011: The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START)
