VARIOUS RESOURCES

VARIOUS RESOURCES

U.S. military commanders "are responsible for the maintenance of the health of their commands to ensure mission accomplishment in the event of CBRN [chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear] attacks," a new Army Field Manual advises, while noting that "medical planners can expect, as a minimum, 10 to 20 percent casualties within a division-sized force that has experienced a nuclear strike." See "Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Health Service Support in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Environment" (pdf), U.S. Army Field Manual 4-02.7, July 2009. http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm4-02-7.pdf


Among those countries that are "known to possess" nuclear weapons, the new Field Manual lists Israel (at page I-4), although neither Israel nor the United States formally acknowledge such possession. This is the second time in ten months that a Pentagon publication has cited Israel as a nuclear weapons state, observed Amir Oren in Haaretz on September 13. A similar reference appeared in the 2008 Joint Operational Environment study. ("Israel as a Nuclear Power," Secrecy News, March 17, 2009). http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2009/03/israel_nuclear.html


Iranian scientists have published a prodigious amount of research in nuclear science and technology in the open literature. A bibliography of such publications is available in a newly updated 195-page compilation (pdf) prepared by Mark Gorwitz.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/nuke/gorwitz.pdf


The Congressional Research Service has prepared an updated summary report on "U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan," with background on recent weapons transactions and their rationale. http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RS22757.pdf