Ballistic Missile Proliferation:
Documents, News, and Analysis
Important Documents:
Worldwide
Ballistic Missile Inventories, ACA Fact Sheet, May 2002.
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Relevant Arms Control Today
Articles
ACT News Stories:
2008
Iran Lauds Development of Solid-Fuel Missile
January/February 2008
2007
Iran, North Korea Deepen Missile Cooperation
January/February 2007
2006
Security Council Condemns NK Missile Tests
September 2006
2005
India, Pakistan Sign Missile Notification Pact
November 2005
United States Unsure of Chinese Military Modernization Aims
September 2005
North Korean Capabilites Remain Unclear
June 2005
Syria to Acquire Russian Missiles
June 2005
Ukraine Admits Missile Transfers
May 2005.
North Korea Disavows Missile Moratorium; Talks Remain Stalled
April 2005.
U.S. Sanctions Asian Firms for Iran Deals
March 2005.
U.S. Imposes Iran-Related Sanctions
January/February 2005.
2004
India and Pakistan Set Missile Talks
November 2004.
Missile Regime Puts Off China
November 2004.
U.S. Punishes 14 for Iran Arms Trade
November 2004.
India, Pakistan Seek Missile Test Pact
September 2004.
Israel, Iran Flex Missiles
September 2004.
GAO
Says Feds Lax in Countering Cruise Missile, UAV Threats
April 2004.
2003
Iran's Shahab-4 Denial
Fails to Impress U.S.
December 2003.
Western
Governments Assess Nonproliferation Measures
July/August 2003.
U.S.
Sanctions Firms in China, Iran, and Moldova
June 2003.
North
Korea, Pakistani Lab Sanctioned for Proliferation
May 2003.
Top
U.S. Officials Voice Concern About Syrias WMD Capability
May 2003.
India,
Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests
April 2003.
India
Conducts Four Missile Tests
March 2003.
Intelligence
Chiefs Paint Grim Picture of Proliferation
March 2003.
Code
of Conduct Aims to Stop Ballistic Missile Proliferation
January/February 2003.
U.S.
Stops, Then Releases Shipment of N. Korean Missiles
January/February 2003.
2002
India,
Pakistan Conduct Missile Tests
November 2002.
MTCR
Closes Some Loopholes
November 2002.
North
Korea Extends Missile-Test Moratorium; U.S. to Send Kelly
October 2002.
China
Issues Missile Export Controls
September 2002.
China
Reportedly Tests Air-to-Air Missile
September 2002.
Chinese
Companies Sanctioned for Proliferation
September 2002.
States
Hold Second Missile Code of Conduct Meeting
July/August 2002.
Bush,
Putin Disagree on Russia-Iran Nuclear, Missile Cooperation
June 2002.
Pakistan
Tests Three Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missiles
June 2002.
Washington
Levies Sanctions for WMD-Related Transfers to Iran
June 2002.
Bush
Challenges North Korean Adherence to Nuclear Freeze
April 2002.
India
Integrating Agni-2 Into Armed Forces
April 2002.
Bush
Labels North Korea, Iran, Iraq an 'Axis of Evil'
March 2002.
No
Deal Reached on Chinese Missile Proliferation
March 2002.
India
Tests Short-Range Agni Ballistic Missile
March 2002.
States
Meet to Discuss Ballistic Missile Code of Conduct
March 2002.
Intelligence
Estimate Upgrades Chinese, Iranian Missile Threats
March 2002.
U.S.,
China Continue Missile Proliferation Talks
January/February 2002.
2001
U.S.,
China Make No Progress in Missile Talks
November 2001.
Washington
to Sanction China, Pakistan for Missile Cooperation
September 2001.
South Korea Joins MTCR
April 2001.
Bush
Puts N. Korea Negotiations on Hold, Stresses Verification
April 2001.
D.P.R.K. Threatens to
End Missile Moratorium, Nuclear Cooperation
March 2001.
S. Korea, U.S. Agree on
Missile Guidelines, MTCR Membership
March 2001.
Russia Holds Second GCS
Conference
March 2001.
Clinton
Decides Not to Visit North Korea
January/February 2001.
China Tests
DF-31 Missile
January/February 2001.
2000
China Issues Missile Export
Pledge; U.S. Says it Will Waive Sanctions
December 2000.
Albright Visits North
Korea; Progress Made on Missile Front
November 2000.
U.S.-D.P.R.K. Missile
Talks Make Little Progress
December 2000.
U.S. Explores North
Korean Offer to Terminate Missile Program in Exchange for Satellite
Launch Aid
September 2000.
U.S.-North Korea Missile,
Terrorism Talks Resume; North Korea Admits to Exporting Rocket
Technology
September 2000.
U.S. Eases Sanctions
After North-South Summit; Pyongyang Reaffirms Missile-Testing
Ban
July/August 2000.
Progress
in Russia Prompts Sanctions Changes
May 2000.
Iran,
D.P.R.K. Sanctioned for Missile Transfers
May 2000.
Russia Proposes Global Regime
On Missile Proliferation
May 2000.
Clinton Signs Iran Nonproliferation
Act
April 2000.
1999
U.S. and South Korea Hold
Ballistic Missile Talks
November 1999.
North Korea Freezes Missile
Tests; U.S. Lifts Sanctions; Perry Report Released
September/October 1999.
U.S. Intelligence Estimate
Warns of Rising Missile Threats
September/October 1999.
N. Korea, U.S. to Meet
on Missile Issues
July/August 1999.
India, Pakistan Test New
Missiles; U.S. Urges Restraint
April/May 1999.
China Warns U.S. on East
Asian Missile Defense Cooperation
January/February 1999.
U.S. Sanctions Russian
Entities For Iranian Dealings
January/February 1999.
1998
CIA Holds to Assessment Of
Ballistic Missile Threat to U.S.
October 1998.
U.S. N. Korea Meet on Missiles;
Japan, S. Korea Press on Defenses
October 1998.
N. Korea Launches Staged
Rocket that Overflies Japanese Territory
August/September 1998.
Sino-U.S. Summit Yields
Modest Advances in Arms Control Agenda
June/July 1998.
Clinton Vetoes Sanctions
Bill; Sets, Imposes New Sanctions on Russia
June/July 1998.
Rumsfeld Panel Releases
Report on Missile Threat to U.S.
June/July 1998.
Senate Approves Sanctions
Legislation Aimed at Russian-Iranian Missile Cooperation
May 1998.
House Seeks to Limit Space
Cooperation With China
May 1998.
Russian Export Controls Fail
to Stop Steel for Iranian Missile Program
April 1998.
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on
Pakistan, N. Korea Following Missile Test
April 1998.
U.S. Renews Effort to Bring
China Into Missile Control Regime
March 1998.
U.S., Russia Take New Steps
to Control Technology Transfers to Iran
March 1998.
U.S., Ukraine Sign Nuclear
Accord, Agree on MTCR Accession
March 1998.
Russia Issues New Export
Decree To Stem Missile Transfers to Iran
January/February 1998.
1997
Bulgaria, Slovakia Still
Hold SS-23s
September 1997.
Russia-Iran Ties Remain
Issue At Gore-Chernomyrdin Meeting, September 1997.
U.S.-North Korean Missile Talks
Collapse Following Defection
August 1997.
Indian, Pakistani Missile
Activities Accelerate As Bilateral Talks Continue
June/July 1997.
U.S., North Korea Meet
for Missile Discussions
June/July 1997.
Panel Upholds NIE Assessment
of Ballistic Missile Threat to U.S.
January/February 1997.
ACT Feature Articles:
Dinshaw Mistry,
European Missile Defense: Assessing Iran’s ICBM Capabilities
October 2007.
Matt Schroeder,
Countering the MANPADS Threat: Strategies for Success
September 2007.
Richard Speier,
U.S. Space Aid to India: On a Glide Path to ICBM Trouble?
March 2006.
Aaron Karp,
Going Ballistic? Reversing Missile Proliferation
June 2005.
Victor Zaborsky,
Does China Belong in the Missile Technology Control Regime?
October 2004.
Richard Speier,
Complementary or Competitive?
Missile Controls vs. Missile Defense
June 2004
Greg Thielmann,
Rumsfeld
Reprise? The Missile Report That Foretold the Iraq Intelligence
Controversy,
July/August 2003.
Lee Feinstein,
Avoiding
Another Close Call in South Asia
July/August 2002.
Mark Smith,
On
Thin Ice: First Steps for the Ballistic Missile Code of Conduct
July/August 2002.
An ACA Press Conference: Bush’s
Deferral of Missile Negotiations With North Korea: A Missed Opportunity
March 23, 2001.
Gary Bertsch and Victor Zaborsky,
Bringing Ukraine Into the MTCR:
Can U.S. Policy Succeed?
April 1997.
ACT Editorial Focus:
Daryl G. Kimball,
Do
As I Say, Not As I Do
July/August 2002.
Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr.,
Protecting the North Korean Threat
April 2001.
Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr.,
The New Missile 'Threat'
Gap
June/July 1998.
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