Picture source: http://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Publications/modernization/mod-cover.jpgThis new, groundbreaking study by Reaching Critical Will explores in-depth the nuclear weapon modernization programmes in China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and analyzes the costs of nuclear weapons in the context of the economic crisis, austerity measures, and rising challenges in meeting human and environmental needs.
soft cover • 152 pages • March 2012
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Hard copies available for $8 + s/h
As of March 2012, the nuclear weapon possessors are estimated to possess approximately 19,500 nuclear weapons. All of them have plans to modernize—upgrade and/or extend the lives of—their nuclear weapons.
In this study, non-governmental researchers and analysts provide information on each country’s modernization plans. There are eight country chapters followed by three "thematic" chapters that address issues of international law, divestment, and political will. The country chapters are chock full of detailed information about nuclear weapon programmes and policies while the thematic chapters analyze these policies in a broader context.
Full report
Introduction
Executive summary
Press release
Sample op-eds and letters to parliamentarians on modernization
Edited by Ray Acheson • Published by Reaching Critical Will, a project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Contributing authors:
- John Ainslie, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
- Merav Datan, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
- Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists
- Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation
- Zia Mian, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University
- Pavel Podvig, Russian Nuclear Forces Project
- M.V. Ramana, Princeton University
- Tim Wright, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Wepons
- Hui Zhang, Harvard University
We are delighted to offer the online version for free, but please consider making a donation to Reaching Critical Will to help us cover the costs of producing this book and the other materials and information services that Reaching Critical Will provides.Another example the Nuclear Weapon States and de facto Nuclear Weapon States hypocrisy.....when sending a message to Iran or North Korea to stop their nuclear weapon program, in case of Iran if they have any, their message received is always clear: Do as I say, not as I do !Apart from that, it does make the World LESS secure and a MORE dangerous place to live. This kind of vertical proliferation is as dangerous as the horizontal proliferation
which some are normally concerned about.
Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
Assuring destruction forever: nuclear weapon modernization around the world
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