Disarmament and arms control in the nuclear age : report / Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence

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JOINT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND DEFENCE Disarmament and arms control in the nuclear age Report 1
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL IN THE NUCLEAR AGE 5
Contents 12
GLOSSARY_QF_ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 22
GLQSSARY_QF_TERMS 24
LIST OF TABLES 30
LIST OF FIGURES 33
FOREWORD 34
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 41
PART 1 A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE CHAPTER 2 THE SUPERPOWER COMPETITION AND THE SEARCH FOR DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL 47
CHAPTER 3 THE SUPERPOWER ARSENALS AND THE STRATEGIC BALANCE 80
CHAPTER 4 DETERRENCE AND THE STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DOCTRINE OF THE SUPERPOWERS 119
CHAPTER 5 THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS (HORIZONTAL PROLIFERATION) 156
CHAPTER 6 THE THREAT AND CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WAR The Threat of a Nuclear War 191
CHAPTER 7 THE SPREAD OF NON-NUCLEAR WEAPONS 236
CHAPTER 8 WORLD MILITARY EXPENDITURE AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS 275
PART 2 AUSTRALIA'S RQLE CHAPTER 9 A SUMMARY OF AUSTRALIA'S PRESENT POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES ON DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL 294
CHAPTER 10 CRITICISMS OF AUSTRALIA'S ROLE IN DISARMAMENT AND ARMS CONTROL 312
PART 3 SOME GLOBAL ISSUES OF IMPORTANCE FOR AUSTRALIA CHAPTER 11 STRATEGIC DEFENCES AND THE ABM TREATY 364
CHAPTER 12 THE STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (SDI) 380
CHAPTER 13 VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND ANTI-SATELLITE (ASAT) WARFARE 407
CHAPTER 14 NUCLEAR TESTING AND THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN (CTB) 434
PART 4 REGIONAL ISSUES CHAPTER 15 THE JOINT UNITED STATES AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FACILITIES 468
CHAPTER 16 THE SOUTH PACIFIC NUCLEAR FREE ZONE 519
CHAPTER 17 URANIUM MINING AND AUSTRALIA'S ROLE IN THE NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE 550
CHAPTER 18 PEACE EDUCATION AND PEACE RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA 591
PART 5 FUTURE OPTIONS AND POLICIES CHAPTER 19 AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE HEADING 610
CHAPTER 20 POSSIBLE FUTURE OPTIONS 635
CHAPTER 21 RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES AND POLICIES 657
CHAPTER 22 SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 686
APPENDIX 1 PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMITTEE 746
APPENDIX 2 WITNESSES WHO APPEARED AT PUBLIC HEARINGS 748
APPENDIX 3 SUBMISSIONS PRESENTED TO THE INQUIRY 752

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