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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)


September 2003 - United States Special Weapons News

  • Top U.S. Official Calls on U.N. To Act To Curb Proliferation Washington File 26 Sept 2003-- The U.N. Security Council must strengthen its credibility by addressing North Korea's challenge to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a senior State Department arms control official says.
  • Thirty-fourth Regular Session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) US Dept. of State 23 Sep 2003 -- Ambassador Eric M. Javits, Head of the U.S. Delegation
  • EDWARD TELLER DIES VOA 23 Sept 2003-- Physicist Edward Teller, the Hungarian-born scientist who helped the United States develop the atomic and, later, the hydrogen bomb, died [9-10] at the age of 95.
  • U.S., Russia, Romania, IAEA Cooperate on Non-proliferation Washington File 22 Sept 2003-- Fourteen kilograms of fresh highly enriched uranium from Romania have been returned to Russia under the U.S.-funded Research Reactor Fuel Return (RRRFR) Initiative, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced September 22.
  • Abraham Urges IAEA Members to Strengthen Nonproliferation Regime Washington File 15 Sept 2003-- U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham says members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must work together to strengthen the nonproliferation regime, which is now facing serious challenges from rogue states and terrorist organizations seeking the capability to attain weapons of mass destruction.
  • CONGRESS/NUCLEAR VOA 15 Sept 2003-- A group of Senate Democrats is renewing an effort to cut funding from Bush administration plans to study a new type of low-yield nuclear weapon
  • Bush Praises Physicist Edward Teller as great American Washington File 11 Sept 2003-- President Bush says Edward Teller, who played a key role in U.S. defense and energy policies, was a tireless patriot and great American who devoted much of his life to making Americans more secure. Teller died September 9 in Stanford, California at the age of 95.
  • WMD Anti-proliferation Regime to Receive Initial Test Washington File 10 Sept 2003-- The first of 10 planned exercises in a multinational operation to combat the growing weapons proliferation threat will occur this weekend in the Coral Sea, according to a senior State Department official speaking to reporters on background September 9.
  • EDWARD TELLER OBIT VOA 10 Sept 2003-- Edward Teller -- the man known as the "father of the H-bomb" -- has died in California, at the age of 95
  • PENTAGON / W-M-D VOA 09 Sept 2003-- A top U-S military commander in Iraq says no evidence has yet surfaced of any weapons of mass destruction despite numerous intelligence tips.
  • Texts: White House Statement, Fact Sheet on Proliferation Security Washington File 05 Sept 2003-- The White House welcomed a statement of interdiction principles released in Paris September 4 by eleven nations that are participating in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).
  • Proliferation Security Initiative: Statement of Interdiction Principles US Dept. of State 04 Sep 2003 -- The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is a response to the growing challenge posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), their delivery systems, and related materials worldwide. The PSI builds on efforts by the international community to prevent proliferation of such items, including existing treaties and regimes. It is consistent with and a step in the implementation of the UN Security Council Presidential Statement of January 1992, which states that the proliferation of all WMD constitutes a threat to international peace and security, and underlines the need for member states of the UN to prevent proliferation.
  • Statement by the Press Secretary: Principles for the Proliferation Security Initiative US Dept. of State 04 Sep 2003 -- The United States welcomes the announcement today in Paris of the Statement of Interdiction Principles for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The eleven nations currently participating in this initiative, which President Bush announced in Krakow on May 31, 2003, have made significant strides in shaping a new environment to combat trafficking to and from states and non-state actors of proliferation concern of weapons of mass destruction, their delivery systems, and related materials.
  • Nonproliferation Initiative Talks Being Held in Paris Washington File 03 Sept 2003-- An 11-nation coalition has begun a two-day meeting in Paris to continue the development of a U.S.-sponsored nonproliferation interdiction initiative -- via air, land and sea lanes -- to prevent the flow of weapons of mass destruction, missiles and related technology to and from countries of "proliferation concern," the Department of State said September 2.
  • Lockheed Martin Develops Unique Missile Tracking Antenna System for U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin 03 Sep 2003 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has developed an innovative and cost-effective antenna system for tracking test flights of the U.S. Navy's Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile.
  • U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Extension Requested 03 Sept 2003-- The Department of Defense announced today that the United States will not meet the 45 percent chemical weapons stockpile destruction deadline of April 29, 2004, as set down by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The United States is therefore requesting the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) grant an extension of the 45 percent destruction deadline. The revised destruction date is December 2007. The request will be made in accordance with the provisions of the CWC and is based on the status of destruction operations at U.S. chemical weapons demilitarization facilities and projection of future operations.
  • Proliferation Security Initiative - Paris Meeting of Core Participants, September 3-4, 2003 US Dept. of State 02 Sep 2003 -- Proliferation Security Initiative core participants will meet in Paris on September 3-4. The U.S. delegation is headed by Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John R. Bolton. Previous meetings occurred on June 12 in Madrid and July 9-10 in Brisbane.



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