InhaltsangabeI Role of Verification and Recent Experience.- 1. Transforming the East-West Conflict: The Crucial Role of Verification.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Arms Control and Verification: Some Conceptual Thoughts.- 1.3 Verification and the Political Debate.- 1.4 Towards Cooperative Security 5.- 1.5 The Role of Verification in the Process of Cooperative Security.- 1.6 Methods of Verification.- 1.7 Technology and Verification.- 1.8 Conclusions.- 1.9 Notes and References.- 2. Experience with INF Treaty Verification and Prospects for Effective Verification of Strategic Arms Reductions.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 The INF Verification Regime.- 2.2.1 The Overall Concept.- 2.2.2 The Details.- 2.2.3 Implementation.- 2.3 Status of Treaty Implementation.- 2.3.1 The On-Site Inspection Agency (OSIA).- 2.3.2 The Inspection Process 24.- 2.3.3 The Special Verification Commission (SVC).- 2.4 Verification Problems in Strategic Arms Reductions.- 2.5 Concluding Remarks.- 2.6 Notes.- 3. Experience with INF Treaty Verification and Prospects for the Future.- 3.1 Verification and Arms Control.- 3.2 Verification of the INF Treaty.- 3.3 Future Prospects of Verification.- 4. Mechanisms for Raising and Resolving Compliance Issues.- 4.1 Compliance Problems.- 4.2 Possible New Compliance Mechanisms.- 4.3 A Supranational Arbitration Agency.- 4.4 Notes and References.- II Verification of Mobile Missiles, Nuclear Warheads and Fissile Material.- 5. Verification of Sea-Launched Cruise Missiles.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 SLCMs and Arms Control.- 5.3 SLCM Verification Problems.- 5.4 Verification Approaches.- 5.4.1 Maximal Inspection.- 5.4.2 Minimal Inspection.- 5.4.3 Intermediate Inspection.- 5.5 Conclusion.- 5.6 Notes and References.- 6. Passive Detection of Nuclear Warheads.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Weapon models.- 6.3 Passive Detection.- 6.3.1 Neutrons.- 6.3.2 Photons.- 6.4 Radiation Detection.- 6.5 Accuracy of Detection Analysis.- 6.6 Evading Passive Detection.- 6.7 Notes and References.- 7. Disposal of Fissile Material from Nuclear Weapons.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 How to Achieve Nuclear Disarmament?.- 7.3 Recycling Plutonium in Nuclear Reactors.- 7.4 Molten Salt Reactors (MSR).- 7.5 How to Burn Nuclear Weapons?.- 7.6 Proliferation Advantages of MSR.- 7.7 Cost of Destroying Nuclear Weapons.- 7.8 Conclusion.- 7.9 Notes and References.- 8. The IAEA's Controls on Fissile Material: Limits and Successes.- 8.1 The Aim of Safeguards: Verification, not Control.- 8.2 Inherent Constraints in a World of Nation States.- 8.3 Incomplete Coverage.- 8.4 Other Limitations.- 8.5 How Safeguards Work.- 8.6 The Size of the Operation.- 8.7 How Effective are IAEA Safeguards?.- 8.8 What Have IAEA Safeguards Achieved?.- 8.9 Risks and Opportunities for IAEA Safeguards.- 8.10 Notes and References.- III Verification of a Nuclear Test Ban.- 9. Can Nuclear Weapons Be Developed Without Full Testing?.- 9.1 Pure Fission Weapons.- 9.2 Boosted Fission Weapons.- 9.3 Thermonuclear Weapons.- 9.4 "Third Generation" Nuclear Weapons.- 9.5 Notes and References.- 10. Recent Developments and Outlook for the Verification of a Nuclear Test Ban.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Recent Developments.- 10.2.1 The Joint Verification Experiment.- 10.2.2 Controversy over CORRTEX.- 10.2.3 Non-Governmental Verification Developments.- 10.2.4 The Ad-Hoc Group of Seismic Experts at the UN Conference on Disarmament.- 10.2.5 Expenditure on Test-Ban Verification Research.- 10.3 The Office of Technology Assessment Report and its Implications.- 10.4 Prospects for Test Ban Verification.- 10.5 Summary and Conclusions.- 10.6 Notes and References.- 11. UK-USSR and US-USSR Joint Research Programmes in Seismic Verification.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 USA-USSR Programmes.- 11.3 UK-USSR Programmes.- 11.4 Preliminary Analyses of BSVRP Data.- 11.5 Future Developments.- 11.6 Notes and References.- IV Control of Space Weapons.- 12. Recent Developments in Space Weapons.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Recent Changes in the SDI Program.- 12.3 A New Political Strategy

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