Proliferation: Threat and Response 1997

A Report by the Secretary of Defense
Second Edition

November 25, 1997

Graphics and Tables

The Regional Proliferation Challenge

Northeast Asia
North Korea: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Key Provisions of the 1994 Agreed Framework
Estimated Ranges of Current and Potential North Korean Ballistic Missiles
China: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Estimated Ranges of Current Chinese Ballistic Missiles
China and North Korea: Suppliers of NBC Weapons and Related Technologies

South Asia
India and Pakistan: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Estimated Ranges of Current and Potential Indian Ballistic Missiles
Estimated Ranges of Current Pakistani Ballistic Missiles

The Middle East and North Africa
Iran: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Estimated Ranges of Current and Potential Iranian Ballistic Missiles
Iraq: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Effects of Biological Agents Produced by Iraq
Key Elements of Iraqi Biological Warfare Program Revealed by Iraq After 1995 Defection of Hussein Kamel
Libya: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Estimated Ranges of Current and Potential Libyan Ballistic Missiles
Syria: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Estimated Ranges of Current Syrian Ballistic Missiles

Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus
Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus: NBC Weapons and Missile Programs
Reasons for Warhead Elimination
Russian Chemical Warfare Facilities

Department of Defense Response

CTR Program Assisting in the Elimination of SLBMs in Russia
M21 Remote Sensing Chemical Agent Alarm
M93A1 NBC Reconnaissance System
Biological Integrated Detection System
Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology
Biological Weapons Threat Agents
Dipole Orbit 3 Structural Damage

Technical Annex

Stages, Decisions, and Actions Involved in NBC Proliferation
Characteristics of Biological Agents