Assessment of European and Canadian Arms Control Verification Technologies

This paper provides a summary of a US government funded project which undertakes the research and analysis of technology and procedures on arms control verification in Europe. Section 2 will describe the structure of the project, providing its purpose, objectives, and organization. Section 3 reviews in detail the literature review for the project and initial findings from this study, including a categorization of verification subjects. Section 4 discusses the field assessments carried out on behalf of the project, describing their purpose, the areas of concern, and a review with initial findings for each of the field assessments completed to date. Planned field assessments are also outlined. In Section 5, the preparation of an analysis of the findings and their implications for future verification technology development is outlined. This paper concludes with some initial observations about foreign perspectives on arms control verification procedure and technology, with recommendations for future study.