Arms Control Association fact sheets provide a brief summary of a treaty or subject. They are intended to give you a snapshot of the most important information on a particular issue. Fact sheets are a good place to begin researching an unfamiliar topic or to review the most important elements of any arms control issue. To speed your search, we have organized the fact sheets into the following categories:

Arms Control and Proliferation Profiles    Strategic Arms Control and Policy    Missile Defense    Nuclear/Ballistic Missile Nonproliferation    Nuclear Testing    Conventional Arms Issues    Chemical/Biological Arms Control

Arms Control and Proliferation Profiles

Strategic Arms Control and Policy

Current U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces
April 2008.

Current Strategic Nuclear Forces of the Former Soviet Union
April 2008.

The Outer Space Treaty at a Glance
April 2008.

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty at a Glance (INF)
February 2008.

U.S. "Negative Security Assurances" At a Glance
January 2008.

U.S.-Soviet/Russian Nuclear Arms Control Agreements at a Glance
June 2007.

The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) At a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
September 2006.

The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives (PNIs) on Tactical Nuclear Weapons At a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
March 2006.

START I at a Glance
(Also available as a PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2002.

Brief Chronology of START II
(Also available as a PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
March 2003.

START II and Its Extension Protocol at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2003.

START III Framework at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2003.

The 1997 START/ABM Package at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2003.

U.S. Missile Defense Programs at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
August 2004.

The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2003.

Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy
June 2008.

Chronology of Libya's Disarmament and Relations with the United States
May 2008.

The 1997 IAEA Additional Protocol at a Glance
January 2008.

Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance
November 2007.

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ) at a Glance
November 2007.

The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) At a Glance
October 2007.

Worldwide Ballistic Missile Inventories
September 2007.

Iranian, P5+1 Proposals to Resolve Iranian Nuclear Issue
August 11, 2006

Security Council Resolution 1696 Calling on Iran to Suspend Uranium Enrichment
August 4, 2006

Unresolved IAEA Questions Regarding Iran's Nuclear Program
February 2006.

U.S. Operations to Secure Russian-Origin Nuclear Material
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
August 2005.

The Nuclear Suppliers Group at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
May 2006.

Chronology of Bush Administration Claim that Iraq Attempted to Obtain Uranium from Niger (2001-2003),
ACA Fact Sheet, November 2005.

Disarming Saddam—A Chronology of Iraq and UN Weapons Inspections, January 2002-May 2003,
ACA Fact Sheet, July 2003.
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty at a Glance (NPT)
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
April 2005.

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
September 2004.

The Agreed Framework at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
September 2004.

Summary of U.S. Implementation of the "13 Practical Steps on Nonproliferation and Disarmament" Agreed to at the 2000 NPT Review Conference
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
April 2002.

CTBT Treaty Signatories and Ratifiers
February 2008.

The Nuclear Testing Tally
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
February 2007.

The International Security Value of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
ACA Briefing Paper, November 2002.

Conventional Arms Issues

The Ottawa Convention at a Glance
June 2008.

The Ottawa Convention: Signatories and States-Parties
June 2008.

The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty at a Glance
February 2008.

Cluster Munitions at a Glance
February 2008.

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) At a Glance
October 2007.

The Open Skies Treaty at a Glance
October 2007.

The Adapted Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty at a Glance
October 2007.

MANPADS at a Glance
October 2007.

The Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
June 2003.

The Wassenaar Arrangement at a Glance
September 2007.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007
February 2008.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006
August 2007.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
August 2006

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2005

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2003
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
April 2004

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2002
(Also available as a PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 2003.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements From January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001
January 2002.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreement From January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000
January 2001.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements Notified to Congress from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999
January 2000.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements Notified to Congress from January 1, 1998 to December 31, 1998
January 1999.

Proposed U.S. Arms Export Agreements Notified to Congress from January 1, 1997 to December 31, 1997
(Also available as a PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
January 1998.

Chemical Weapons Convention Signatories and States-Parties
March 2008.

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) at a Glance
March 2008.

The Australia Group at a Glance
November 2007.

The 2006 Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference Reader
(PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
November 2006

The Biological Weapons Convention at a Glance
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
October 2006.

A Briefing Paper on the Status of Biological Weapons Nonproliferation
(Also available as PDF file, requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
ACA Issue Brief, May 2003.

 

 

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