Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
2001 United States Special Weapons News
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- Text: START Treaty Final Reductions Achieved, Powell Says Washington File 05 Dec 2001-- The United States and the Russian Federation have successfully reduced
their strategic nuclear arsenals from more than 10,000 warheads to
6,000 under the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), Secretary
of State Colin Powell says.
- Text: Bolton Says Iraq, North Korea Violate Biological Weapons Pact Washington File 19 Nov 2001-- John R. Bolton, under secretary of state for arms control and
international security, has accused Iraq and North Korea of pursuing
biological weapons programs in violation of the 1972 Biological
Weapons Convention (BWC).
- BUSH / PUTIN VOA 13 Nov 2001-- President Bush says he is ready to dramatically reduce America's long-range nuclear arsenal by about two-thirds
- Transcript: Bush Announces Deep Cuts in Nuclear Arsenal Washington File 13 Nov 2001-- The United States will sharply cut its nuclear arsenal over the next
ten years, President Bush announced November 13 at a joint news
conference at the White House with Russia's President Vladimir Putin.
- Bush, Putin Agree on Cutting Nuclear Arsenals Washington File 13 Nov 2001-- But discussions continue on ABM Treaty
- SUMMIT & NUCLEAR ISSUE VOA 10 Nov 2001-- Keeping the world safe from nuclear weapons is a key issue at the summit meeting this coming week between U-S President Bush and Russian President Putin. Given the September 11tg attacks in the United States, a special concern is that nuclear weapons might fall into the hands of terrorists like Osama bin Laden
