Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)

From the earliest days of its development, the ballistic missile has been ascribed an almost supernatural power to generate terror. As the first V-2s began to fall on London in 1944, British scientist R. V. Jones noted that British politicians were being “carried away with the threat: for some reason they seemed far more frightened by one ton of explosive delivered by rocket than by five tons delivered by aircraft.” Jones’ conclusion—“No weapon yet produced has a comparable romantic appeal”—is as resonant today as it was then. (Continue)