Spy satellites : and other intelligence technologies that changed history
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Spy satellites : and other intelligence technologies that changed history
University of Washington Press, c2007
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-159) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Much has been said and written about the failure of U.S. intelligence to prevent the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and its overestimation of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction under Saddam Hussein. This book focuses instead on the central role that intelligence-collection systems play in promoting arms control and disarmament.
Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. and Keith Hansen bring more than fifty combined years of experience to this discussion of the capabilities of technical systems, which are primarily based in space. Their history of the rapid advancement of surveillance technology is a window into a dramatic reconceptualization of Cold War strategies and policy planning. Graham and Hansen focus on the intelligence successes against Soviet strategic nuclear forces and the quality of the intelligence that has made possible accurate assessments of WMD programs in North Korea, Iran, and Libya. Their important insights shed a much-needed light on the process of verifying how the world harnesses the proliferation of nuclear arms and the continual drive for advancements in technology.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Robert M. Huffstutler
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. To Verity or Not to Verify
2. Soviet Secrecy Fuels the Arms Race and Inhibits Verification
3. U.S. Efforts to Understand Soviet Military Forces and Capabilities
4. Strategic Arms Control Legitimizes Space-Based Reconnaissance
5. Intelligence Support to Arms Control Activities
6. National Technical Means of Verification Takes Center Stage
7. "National Technical Means" Goes Multilateral
8. Monitoring the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
9. Conclusion
Postscript
Appendixes
A. Glossary of Acronyms and Terms
B. Texts of NTM Provisions in Arms Control Agreements
C. Chronology of Key U.S. Reconnaissance Capabilities
D. U.S. Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS)
E. CTBT International Monitoring System
F. U.S. Intelligence Community
Notes
Bibliography
About the Authors
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