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Cost of Disarmament: An Overview of the Economic Costs of the Dismantlement of Weapons and the Disposal of Military Surplus

by Michael Renner

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Contents

Zusammenfassung
German Summary

Introduction

Nuclear Weapons

  • Disabling Weapons Delivery Systems
  • Disposal of missile propellants
  • Decommissioning of nuclea submarines
  • Dismantling nuclear warheads
  • Converting highly enriched Uranium (HEU)
  • Plutonium problems

Chemical Weapons

  • Chemical weapons disposal in the United States
  • Costs of chemical weapons in Russia
  • Cost for international verification

Conventional Weapons

  • Conventional force reduction in Europe
  • Conventional surplus and arms export
  • Small arms and the cost of demobilization

Scrapping of Conventional Ammunition

Mine Clearance

Environmental Restoration

Military Expenditures and Disarmament Expenditures

References