Nuclear Weapons Resources

North Korea has announced that it will attempt to launch a satellite into orbit in early April 2009 using its Unha-2 launcher. Few details are known about the launch vehicle since it has not been successfully flight tested.

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) analysis of the European missile defense system proposed by the Bush administration.

On February 3, 2009, Iran placed a small satellite in orbit for the first time. Analysts have questioned what technical characteristics the Safir 2 launch vehicle would require in order to place a 27-kg satellite in orbit.

Information on the Feb. 10th collision between a Russian and an American satellite.

The amount of space debris orbiting the Earth has steadily increased since 1957.

Proposals for what the next president needs to do in US policy to reduce nuclear arsenals worldwide.

Could terrorists obtain nuclear weapons?

If one nuclear weapon exploded above downtown Denver, some 60,000 people would die within hours, and an equal number would be seriously injured.

An accidental Russian launch against one—or more—US cities remains a real threat.

Over the next several years, the U.S. government must make critical decisions about the future of the nation's nuclear weapons complex.

This factsheet outlines the Bush administration's funding request to develop a space-based missile defense system.