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Analysis
The Wisconsin Project’s reports track WMD programs and the companies supplying them. In op-eds and articles, we argue for strict enforcement of strategic trade controls to inhibit proliferation.
Sanctions Busting: Technology Two-Timing
The Asian Wall Street Journal March 19, 2001 After U.S. jets bombed anti-aircraft installations in Iraq last month, the American government was quick to explain that the sites had become…
Grab for Money Could Arm Enemies of the U.S.
Los Angeles Times March 4, 2001, p. M5 The Bush administration is conducting a top-to-bottom review of America’s defenses to see whether they can handle, among other things, the growing…
Fast Computers, Deadly Enemies
The New York Times January 31, 2001, p. A25 As President Bush sifts through the pile of his predecessor’s last-minute directives to spot the executive orders he wants to –…
Libya Nuclear/Missile Milestones – 1996-2000
April 1996: Libya announces that it has no intention of acquiring nuclear weapons and signs a treaty declaring a nuclear-free zone in Africa. October 1997: Russia announces that it is…
Iran Missile Update – 2000
Iran continues to mount one of the largest ballistic missile efforts in the Middle East. In September 2000, CIA Intelligence Officer Robert D. Walpole testified before Congress that the United…
Brazil’s Rockets and Missiles Update – 2000
Brazil established a commission to develop a national space program in the early 1960s, and since then has developed four sounding rockets and a satellite launch vehicle, the VLS. Although…
China Nuclear Milestones – 1955-2000
1955-59: Six Sino-Soviet nuclear cooperation and assistance agreements are signed, ranging from joint uranium prospecting to the transfer of Soviet nuclear weapon technology. 1960: Soviet advisers and technicians leave China,…
Israel Missile Update – 2000
Israel continues to produce its “Jericho” series of ballistic missiles. The two-stage solid fuel Jericho can deliver a nuclear warhead to any point in the Middle East and probably beyond….
Clinton’s Super Computer Push
Asian Wall Street Journal September 19, 2000, p. 6 U.S. companies are selling countries the super computers they need to build the weapons America will have to defend against. Much…