Nuclear Information Project Publications 

This chronology lists articles and reports published by the Nuclear Information Project or written by project staff elsewhere. To the extent possible, the documents are located on the FAS web site. External links might go dead over time. If you need assistance to locate missing documents, please contact individual project staff via the "about" page.

2008:

• "Counterproliferation: The New Mission in U.S. Nuclear Strategy," International Journal, Canadian International Council, fall 2008 (forthcoming).
• Paths Towards Zero: Options for Changing U.S. Nuclear Policy, FAS/NRDC, fall 2008 (forthcoming).
• "Russian Nuclear Forces 2008," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 2008 (forthcoming).
• "New Chinese SSBN Deploys to Hainan Island," FAS Strategic Security Blog, April 24, 2008.
• "Chinese Nuclear Arsenal Increased by 25 Percent Since 2006, Pentagon Report Indicates." FAS Strategic Security Blog, March 6, 2008.
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2008," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2008.
• "Nuclear Safety and the Saga of the Missing Bent Spear," FAS Strategic Security Blog, February 22, 2008.
• Toward True Security, FAS/NRDC/UCS, February 2008.
• "Chinese Submarine Patrols Rebound in 2007, but Remain Limited," FAS Strategic Security Blog, January 7, 2008.

2007:

• "White House Announces (Secret) Nuclear Weapons Cuts," FAS Strategic Security Blog, December 18, 2007.
• "White House Guidance Led to New Nuclear Strike Plans Against Proliferators, Document Shows," FAS Strategic Security Blog, November 5, 2007.
• "Nuclear Cruise Missiles," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2007.
• "A Response to Congresswoman Tauscher's Article in Nonproliferation Review," FAs Strategic Security Blog, October 29, 2007.
• "A Rebuttal of the U.S. Statement on Nuclear Weapons Alert, Dismantlements and Reductions," October 19, 2007. Available via Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy.
• "US Says North Korean Test was Nuclear," FAs strategic Security Blog, October 18, 2007.
• "A Closer Look at China's New SSBNs," FAS Strategic Security Blog, October 15, 2007.
• "North Korea's Bomb: A Technical Assessment," FAS Strategic Security Blog, October 13, 2007 (edited October 16, 2007).
• "Reliable Replacement Warhead is a Symptom, Not the Solution," FAS Strategic Security Blog, October 9, 2007.
• U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe After the Cold War, briefing to Nuclear Proliferation: History and Current Problems conference, Florence University, October 4-5, 2007
• "Two More Chinese SSBNs Spotted," FAS Strategic Security Blog, October 4, 2007.
• "Flying Nuclear Bombs," FAS Strategic Security Blog, September 5, 2007.
• "Article: U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Today and Tomorrow," FAS Strategic Security Blog, September 5, 2007.
• "The U.S. nuclear stockpile, today and tomorrow," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 2007.
• "Administration Increases Submarine Nuclear Warhead Production Plan," FAS Strategic Security Blog, August 30, 2007.
• "Nuclear Arms Racing in the Post-Cold War Era: Who is the Smallest," FAS Strategic Security Blog, August 22, 2007.
• "Targeting Missile Defense Systems," FAS Strategic Security Blog, July 19, 2007.
• "China Reorganizes Northern Nuclear Missile Launch Sites," FAS Strategic Security Program, July 12, 2007.
• "United States Removes Nuclear Weapons from German Base, Documents Indicate," FAS Strategic Security Blog, July 9, 2007.
• "New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine Spotted," FAS Strategic Security Blog, July 5, 2007.
• "U.S. Strategic War Planning After 9/11," Nonproliferation Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, July 2007.
• "World Nuclear Forces, 2007," in SIPRI Yearbook 2007, Swedish International Peace and Research Institute, July 2007,
• "Indian Nuclear Forces, 2007," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2007.
• "Dismantling fewer, not more, nukes," Los Angeles Times (letter to the editor), June 11, 2007.
• "Pentagon China Report Ignores Five SSBNs Projection," FAS Strategic Security Blog, May 25, 2007.
• "Article: Pakistani Nuclear Forces, 2007," FAS Strategic Security Blog, May 9, 2007.
• "Pakistani Nuclear Forces, 2007," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2007.
• "Article: Russia Nuclear Forces, 2007," FAs Strategic Security Blog, April 13, 2007.
• "New U.S. Navy Report on Chinese Navy," FAS Strategic Security Blog, March 22, 2007.
• "Small Fuze - Big Effect," FAS Strategic Security Blog, March 14, 2007.
• "Air Force Decides to Retire Advanced Cruise Missile," FAS Strategic Security Blog, March 7, 2007.
• "Russian Nuclear Forces, 2007," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2007.
• "Divine Strake Experiment Canceled," FAS Strategic Security Blog, February 22, 2007
• "China's Submarine Fleet Continues Slow Patrol Rate," FAS Strategic Security Blog, February 6, 2007.
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2007," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2007.

2006:

• "Where the Bombs are, 2006," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2006.
• Chinese Nuclear Forces and U.S. Nuclear War Planning, FAS/NRDC, November 2006.
• New and Traditional Security Threats to Russia, and the Utility of Nuclear Weapons, briefing to WSI-ISS meeting Emerging Nuclear Weapons Policies: An Opportunity to Increase Dialogue, Washington, D.C., October 12-13, 2006 (NOTE: PDF, 0.86 MB)
• "Nuclear Threats: Then and Now," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 2006.
• "World Nuclear Forces," in SIPRI Yearbook 2006, Swedish International Peace Research Institute, July 2006.
• "U.S. National Security Strategy and Pre-emption," Défense Nationale (France), No. 7, July 2006.(English version is free but French version requires password)
• "Global Nuclear Stockpiles, 2006," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the American Scientists, July/August 2006.
• "Chinese Nuclear Forces, 2006," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the American Scientists, May/June 2006.
• Global Strike: A Chronology of the Pentagon's New Offensive Strike Plan, FAS, March 15, 2006.
• "Russian Nuclear Forces, 2006," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2006.
• "Chinese Nuclear Forces," Imaging Notes, Winter 2006.
• "US Nuclear Forces, 2006," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February, 2006.

2005:*

• "Preparing for the Failure of Deterrence," Royal Canadian Military Institute SITREP, Vol. 65, No. 6, November/December 2005.
• "British Nuclear Forces, 2005," Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December, 2005.
• "New Doctrine Falls Short of Bush Pledge," Arms Control Today, September 2005.
• "Indian Nuclear Forces, 2005," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October, 2005.
• "French Nuclear Forces, 2005," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2005.
• "World Nuclear Forces," in SIPRI Yearbook 2005, Swedish International Peace and Research Institute, Stockholm, June 7, 2005.
• Nuclear Mission Creep, Briefing to Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, May 11, 2005.
• "Who's Keeping the Nuclear Weapons in Europe?," armscontrolwonk.com, May 2, 2005.
• "North Korea's Nuclear Program, 2005," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2005.
• Briefing to members of the Belgian and Dutch Parliaments on the deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, March 1, 2005.
• Briefing to members of the German Parliament (Bundestag) on the deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, February 25, 2005.
• "Russian Nuclear Forces, 2005," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2005.
• U.S. Nuclear Weapons In Europe, Natural Resources Defense Council, February 2005.
• Missions for Nuclear Weapons After the Cold War, FAS, February 28, 2005.
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2005," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2005.

2004:*

• "U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Europe, 1954-2004," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2004.
• "What's Behind Bush's Nuclear Cuts," Arms Control Today, October 2004.
• Nuclear Insecurity: A Critique of the Bush Administration's Nuclear Weapons Policies, Natural Resources Defense Council, September 2004.
• "World Nuclear Forces," in SIPRI Yearbook 2004, Swedish International Peace Research Institute, September 2004.
• "U.S. nuclear reductions," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August/September 2004.
• Briefing: "US Nuclear Policy and World Nuclear Situation," presented to the 59th Gensuikin conference in Tokyo, August 1, 2004.
• Briefing: "U.S. Nuclear Posture in Korea," presented to the 59th Gensuikin conference in Tokyo, August 1, 2004.
• "Russian Nuclear Forces, 2004," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2004.
• "Too Many, Too Slow: The Bush administration's stockpile reduction plan," Natural Resources Defense Council, Fact Sheet, June 2004.
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2004," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2004.
• "Nuclear Disclosure: A Danger to National Security?," PRIME No. 19, (PRIME, International Peace Research Institute, Meiji Gakuin University, Tokyo), March 2004 (see PDF-version).
• "The Protection Paradox," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2004.
• "Dismantling U.S. Nuclear Warheads," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2004.
  
  Note: Links to Nuclear Notebooks prior to 2004 no longer exist due to web site changes at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. If and when they are restored, they will be added here. In the meantime, contact Hans Kristensen if you need a copy.

2003:*

• "Chinese Nuclear Forces, 2003," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2003.
• "Nuclear Pursuits," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 2003.
• "Russian Nuclear Forces, 2003," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2003.
• "World Nuclear Forces as of January 2003," in SIPRI Yearbook 2004, Swedish International Peace Research Institute, July 2003. (Full pdf-version available here).
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2003," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2003.
• "North Korea's Nuclear Program, 2003," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2003.
• Changing Targets II, Greenpeace International, April 2003.
• "The B61 Family of Bombs," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2003.

2002:*

• "Global Nuclear Stockpiles, 1945-2002," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2002.
• "Israeli Nuclear Forces, 2002," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 2002.
• "Preemptive Posturing," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 2002.
• "Russian Nuclear Forces, 2002," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2002.
• "Nuclear arms agreement is step backward," Oakland Tribune, May 26, 2002.
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2002," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2002.
• "India's Nuclear Forces, 2002," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2002.
• "Pakistan's Nuclear Forces, 2001," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2002.

2001:*

• "British Nuclear Forces, 2001," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2001.
• "The Unruly Hedge: Cold War Thinking at the Crawford Summit," Arms Control Today, December 2001.
• "Chinese Nuclear Forces, 2001," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 2001.
• "French Nuclear Forces, 2001," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July/August 2001.
• "U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2001," NRDC Nuclear Notebook, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2001.
• The Matrix of Deterrence: U.S. Strategic Command Force Structure Studies, The Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CA, May 2001.

2000 and earlier:*

• U.S. Nuclear Strategy Reform in the 1990s, The Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CA, March 2000. This report was also translated and published by the International Peace Research Institute at the Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo.
• "Secrecy on a Sliding Scale," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 1999, p. 33.
• "NATO Nuclear Policy: Back To The Future," The Monitor, Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, September 1999.
• Japan Under the Nuclear Umbrella: U.S. Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear War Planning in Japan During the Cold War, The Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CA, July 1999.
• The Post Cold War SIOP and Nuclear Warfare Planning: A Glossary, Abbreviations, and Acronyms, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC, January 1999.
• "Dangerous Directions," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 1998.
• Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and U.S. Nuclear Strategy, British American Security Information Council (BASIC), Washington, DC, March 1998.
• "Targets of Opportunity," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, September/October 1997.
• "The USA and Counter-Proliferation: A New and Dubious Role for U.S. Nuclear Weapons," Security Dialogue, Oslo, Norway, December 1996.
• The 520 Forgotten Bombs: How U.S. and British Nuclear Weapons in Europe Undermine the Non-Proliferation Treaty, Greenpeace International, April 18, 1995.
• Changing Targets: Nuclear Doctrine from the Cold to the Third World, Greenpeace International, March 1, 1995.