Transparency and Verification Options: An Initial Analysis of Approaches for Monitoring Warhead Dismantlement

There is increasing interest in both the United States and the Russian Federation in further nuclear warhead reductions beyond START I and START II as well as the need to monitor nuclear warhead inventories, nuclear warhead dismantlement, and fissile materials resulting from warhead reductions. This interest was evidenced by the Joint Statement issues by Presidents Clinton and Yelstin at the March 21, 1997, Helsinki Summit