Although satellites, space launch vehicles, missiles, and drones have been operating for more than a half-century, who has them and uses them as well as how they are used is undergoing a set of major revolutions. Almost all of these systems are now dual-use, even developing nations now own and operate them, and they all are far more lethal militarily and commercially significant than they were even 20 years ago. More important, their lethality and commercial utility are likely to continue to grow.
In “Missiles for Peace” published by Armed Forces Journal, NPEC’s Executive Director, Henry Sokolski explains why the U.S. needs to pursue a dual track policy of deploying a significant number of long-range conventional ground based missiles while offering to expand and update existing limits on […]
Retired Admiral R.N. Ganesh, who led India’s nuclear submarine program for several years, has written a new piece for NPEC analyzing the potential development of South Asian nuclear and missile programs and suggests policies China, India and Pakistan should implement to lessen the risk of […]
Retired General Feroz Khan, who ran the Pakistani army’s Arms Control and Disarmament Office, authored this essay for NPEC which suggests that the Indian and Pakistani governments should consider eliminating certain types of short range ballistic missiles. This complements a presentation he gave with U.S. […]
Vice Admiral R.N. Ganesh, formerly Commander in Chief Southern Naval Command, Director General of the Coast Guard, and Director General of India’s Nuclear Submarine Project before retiring from the Navy in 2002, gave this presentation on Asian nuclear missile competitions at an NPEC conference in […]
NPEC’s executive director presents testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation & Trade. Read the transcript here. Dec 09, 2009 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Click here to access the brief. US Aerospace Exports: The Case for Further Controls Testimony by Henry Sokolski Presented before a Hearing […]
Read NPEC’s Executive Director’s opinion/analysis piece in The Washington Times. Read the Russian Foreign Ministry’s dispute of NPEC’s findings about Moscow’s involvement in Iran’s nuclear program here. Nov 19, 2009 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Click here to access the piece. SOKOLSKI: From Russia with disdain In Washington, it’s […]
Feb 08, 2006 AUTHOR: Dr. Richard Speier Indias ICBM-On a Glide Path to Trouble (PDF) 53.44 KB India’s ICBM – On a “Glide Path” to Trouble? The U.S. nonproliferation community is currently preoccupied with the Administration’s proposal for U.S.-Indian nuclear cooperation. But another element of […]
To be included in forthcoming edited Volume “Taming the Next Set of Strategic Weapons Threats.” Presented to the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center by by Mitch Kugler. Jun 30, 2003 AUTHOR: Mitch Kugler International Missile Defense Cooperation and the MTCR (PDF) 31.11 KB International Missile Defense […]
An article on Chinese satellite technology for The Weekly Standard. Jun 01, 1998 AUTHOR: Henry D. Sokolski Article980601 Selling China the Rope – WS (PDF) 26.27 KB
Aug 31, 1993 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Ending South Africas Rocket Program-A Nonproliferation Success (PDF) 26.14 KB Ending South Africa’s Rocket Program: A Nonproliferation Success Overall the U.S. has had a mixed record impeding strategic weapons proliferation through technology controls and safeguards. This shouldn’t be surprising. […]
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