Table 1.

Nations Having BW Programs at Least Approaching Weaponization

 

 

 

 

US Gov’t Arms Control Compliance Reports to Congress (1993,1995)

 

Admirals Brooks,1 Studeman, Trost (1988,1990,1991); Sec. Cheney, 1990

 

US and UK Governments (1995)2

 

Russian Federation2 Foreign Intelligence Report, 1993

 

Middle East                           

 

Iraq

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Libya

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

Syria

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Iran

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

Egypt

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South/East Asia                       

 

China

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

North Korea

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

Taiwan

 

?

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?

 

 

South Korea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

?

 

 

Africa                         

 

South Africa

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

Russia

 

 Ambiguity regarding continuation of offensive program

 

1:  “Statement of Rear Admiral Thomas A. Brooks, USN, Director of Naval Intelligence, before the Seapower, Strategic, and Critical Materials Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on Intelligence Issues,” March 14, 1990, p. 54;  “Statement of Rear Admiral William O. Studeman, USN, Director of Naval Intelligence, before the Seapower, Strategic, and Critical Materials Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee on Intelligence Issues,” March 1, 1988, p. 48; “Statement of Admiral C.A.H. Trost, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Posture and Fiscal Year 1991 Budget of the United States Navy,” February 28, 1990; “Remarks Prepared for Delivery by the Honorable Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1990,” News Release, No. 294-90, p. 4.

 

2:  Proliferation Issues:  A New Challenge After the Cold War, Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Report (translation), JPRS-TND-9-3-007, March 5, 1993.