Inspection Costs for a Multilateral Chemical Weapons Convention; An Analytical Framework and Preliminary Estimates

Abstract

The draft Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) now being negotiated at the forty-nation Conference on Disarmament is a complex disarmament convention to both eliminate chemical weapons and to deter further production. Achieving these goals will require an extensive verification regime involving a variety of inspections, visits, and extended on-site presence. Planning for such a regime requires an understanding of the level of effort that will be required and the costs that may be incurred. This paper examines the draft Convention, develops an analytical framework for costing the monitoring activities associated with the CWC, and provides preliminary cost estimates under a variety of assumptions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA363904

Entities

People

  • Douglas P. Schultz
  • Jeffrey H. Grotte
  • Susan D. Leibbrandt

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Cost Estimates
  • Costs
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detectors
  • Inspection
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United States

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design