Dodging Dilemmas Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2002 For more information contact Lyuba Zarsky 1 510 295 6117 Nautilus Institute Economic benefits of high tech investment in developing countries are compromised by environmental and health costs, concludes new report For a full copy of the report see https://nautilus.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/DodgingDilemmas3.pdf (Berkeley, Calif.) – Despite voluntary efforts to reduce environmental […]

May 17, 2002 — CAP Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 17, 2002 For more information contact Lyuba Zarsky 1 510 295 6117 Nautilus Institute Economic benefits of high tech investment in developing countries are compromised by environmental and health costs, concludes new report For a full copy of the report see the report. (Berkeley, Calif.) – Despite voluntary efforts to reduce environmental […]

East Asia Energy Futures Project PARTICIPANT LIST

Third Workshop on East Asia Energy Futures Project January 28 to February 1, 2002   PARTICIPANT LIST China Wang, Yanjia Tsinghua University Zhang, Aling Tsinghua University Guo, Baolei Tsinghua University Far East Russia Kalashnikov, Victor Khabarovsk Economic Research Institute Matveev, Roman Khabarovsk Economic Research Institute Ognev, Alexander Far Eastern Representation Vostokenergo, Unified Power Grid of […]

Advisory Groups

The command in chief of Strategic Command (CINCSTRAT) and the nuclear CINCs use a number of advisory groups to conduct ongoing analysis and coordination of force structure and policy issues and provide recommendations for the future direction of the nuclear posture. Two of the most important groups are the Strategic Advisory Group (SAG), which provides […]

US Strategic Command Force Structure Studies

As the unified command in charge of U.S. nuclear forces, U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) periodically conducted force structure studies during the 1990s to assess the impact that arms control, new weapons, and world changes on the nation’s security and the viability of the Single Integrated Operating Plan (SIOP) and other nuclear war plans. These studies […]

US FOIA Documents Nuclear Strategy and War Planning

The US nuclear posture has undergone considerable reform in the first decade following the end of the Cold War. The number of nuclear weapons has been reduced, the remaining weapons upgraded, and the infrastructure that supports nuclear war planning has been modernized to make the nuclear posture relevant to the post-Cold War world. The Bush […]

Nuclear Submarines

Information about submarine operations are among some of the most tightly held secrets. Requests for information are frequently denied for no other reason than they concern submarine operations. The items below provide links to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act and other publications that provide information about submarine operations. FOIA documents >> US Department […]

Analysis and Articles

The titles below provide links to various reports and articles that describe US nuclear planning as it has occurred in the 1990s: Hans M. Kristensen and Joshua Handler, “Nuclear Forces 2001,” SIPRI Yearbook 2001, (forthcoming) Hans M. Kristensen, “The Elusive Foe: China in US Nuclear War Planning,” The Nautilus Institute, Berkeley, CA, February 2001. (forthcoming) […]

TMD Planning In Korea

This page describes an 1998 7th Air Force briefing on Theater Missile Defense (TMD) in Korea. The document was partially declassified and released under the Freedom of Information Act and describes the TMD “strategy we are employing on the Korean Peninsula.” The briefing examines how the US detects and warns CFC (Korean-US Combined Forces Command) […]

US Korean Nuclear Relations

4th Fighter Wing Nuclear Planning, 1998 Following the withdrawal of nuclear weapons from South Korea in 1991, the US military has reorganized its nuclear planning against North Korea. Nuclear strike planning in support of operation plans (OPLAN) and other contingencies has been transferred to the 4th Fighter Wing based at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in […]