Assuring destruction forever: nuclear weapon modernization around the world

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This new, groundbreaking study by Reaching Critical Will explores in-depth the nuclear weapon modernization programmes in China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and analyzes the costs of nuclear weapons in the context of the economic crisis, austerity measures, and rising challenges in meeting human and environmental needs.

As of March 2012, the nuclear weapon possessors are estimated to possess approximately 19,500 nuclear weapons. All of them have plans to modernize—upgrade and/or extend the lives of—their nuclear weapons.

In this study, non-governmental researchers and analysts provide information on each country’s modernization plans. There are eight country chapters followed by three “thematic” chapters that address issues of international law, divestment, and political will. The country chapters are chock full of detailed information about nuclear weapon programmes and policies while the thematic chapters analyze these policies in a broader context.

Edited by Ray Acheson • Published by Reaching Critical Will, a project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Contributing authors:

John Ainslie, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Merav Datan, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists
Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation
Zia Mian, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University
Pavel Podvig, Russian Nuclear Forces Project
M.V. Ramana, Princeton University
Tim Wright, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Wepons
Hui Zhang, Harvard University
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