Cooperative Threat Reduction DOD's 1997-98 Reports on Accounting for Assistance Were Late and Incomplete

Abstract

The 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union left Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus with a legacy of about 30,000 nuclear weapons, 2,500 strategic nuclear delivery systems, and at least 40,000 metric tons of chemical weapons. In response, Congress authorized DOD to initiate a cooperative program to reduce the threat of former Soviet weapons of mass destruction. To date, DOD has obligated about $2.2 billion of the almost $3.2 billion that Congress has authorized for Cooperative Threat Reduction projects and expended about $1.7 billion. Most of these funds have been allocated for destroying and dismantling weapons and delivery systems and for improving controls over nuclear weapons and materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA375125

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Congress
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Fissile Materials
  • Governments
  • Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Logistics Support
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security