Thomas Graham, Keith A Hansen

Spy Satellites and Other Intelligence Technologies that Changed History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses instead on the central role that intelligence collection systems play in promoting arms control and disarmament. Graham and Hansen discuss the capabilities of technical systems and shed a much-needed light on the process of verifying how the world harnesses the proliferation of nuclear arms and the continual drive for advancements in technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 141mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 267g
• ISBN-13: 9780295986869
• ISBN-10: 0295986867
• Artikelnr.: 22496421

Autorenporträt

Thomas Graham, Jr., and Keith A. Hansen. Foreword by Robert Huffstutler

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Robert M. Huffstutler
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. To Verity or Not to Verify
2. Soviet Secrecy Fuels the Arms Race and Inhibits Verification
3. U.S. Efforts to Understand Soviet Military Forces and Capabilities
4. Strategic Arms Control Legitimizes Space-Based Reconnaissance
5. Intelligence Support to Arms Control Activities
6. National Technical Means of Verification Takes Center Stage
7. "National Technical Means" Goes Multilateral
8. Monitoring the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
9. Conclusion
Postscript
Appendixes
A. Glossary of Acronyms and Terms
B. Texts of NTM Provisions in Arms Control Agreements
C. Chronology of Key U.S. Reconnaissance Capabilities
D. U.S. Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS)
E. CTBT International Monitoring System
F. U.S. Intelligence Community
Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
Index