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AGA: Arbeitsgruppe Physik und Abrüstung

AGA 4: Verification II: Nuclear Reductions, Nuclear Disarmament and Cyberspace

AGA 4.1: Hauptvortrag

Donnerstag, 14. März 2019, 16:15–17:15, U HS 3 Parkstr. 6

Technical Challenges to the Verification of Nuclear Weapon Reductions and Controls — •Keir Allen — Aldermaston

The development of effective verification measures necessary for making progress in the control and reduction of nuclear weapons is made challenging because nuclear weapons are integrated into the strategic security architecture of possessor states in a way that other controlled weapons are not. This situation creates an opaque environment when transparency would be preferable. The characteristics of weapons - that they are relatively small, mobile and concealable, further complicate the development of effective verification measures. This presentation will introduce a systems perspective of the problem, which highlights technical challenges that need to be addressed if progress is to be made. It demonstrates that many of the issues and questions that need to be answered are accessible by any interested party, and that the information communicated to enable verification need not contain detail that might be considered proliferative.