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Arms Control: Improved Coordination of Arms Control Research Needed

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 14, 1992
Report No. NSIAD-92-149
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Summary:

As the United States and the former Soviet Union reach agreement on several arms control treaties, the ability of the United States to develop new technologies to verify treaty compliance will be critical. This report examines (1) how the executive branch decides what research is needed to provide on-site inspectors with monitoring instruments; (2) if mechanisms exist to coordinate research and development being done by the Departments of Defense and Energy and other agencies on verification tools for existing and future treaties; and (3) how much it will cost to monitor various treaties. GAO concludes that stronger interagency coordination is needed. A major improvement to the current process would be the identification of national verification requirements and an interagency plan that prioritizes funding on the basis of established requirements.

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