Verification and arms control

Book · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5642071

Potter, W C

Recent years have witnessed an increased stress upon the verification of arms control agreements, both as a technical problem and as a political issue. As one contribution here points out, the middle ground has shrunk between those who are persuaded that the Soviets are ''cheating'' and those who are willing to take some verification risks for the sake of achieving arms control. One angle, according to a Lawrence Livermore physicist who served as a member of the delegation to the various test-ban treaty negotiations, is the limited effectiveness of on-site inspection as compared to other means of verification.

• OSTI ID: 5642071
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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290600* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Nuclear Energy
AGREEMENTS
ARMS CONTROL
ASIA
EASTERN EUROPE
EUROPE
INSPECTION
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
POLITICAL ASPECTS
TREATIES
USSR
VERIFICATION
WEAPONS