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DTSTART:20160224T220000Z
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LOCATION:1025 Engineering Centers Building
SUMMARY:Nuclear Arms Control: An Overview of Nuclear WMD and Paths to 
 Verification\, Engineering Physics Colloquium\, Dr. Thomas Atwood\, Sa
 ndia National Laboratories
DESCRIPTION:Arms Control is a process between and among states. The go
 al of arms control is to contain threats. Secondarily to promote trans
 parency (may increase the US knowledge about and understanding of the 
 size\, make-up\, and operations of an opposing military)\, ease milita
 ry planning (if everyone knows about the other’s forces- may be less
  likely to attack or build up new forces)\, limit forces (if one natio
 n reduces their forces\, gives room for another nation to reduce their
  force (may help the country economically too)\, protect against uncer
 tainty and surprise. To reach the above goals nations negotiate. Each 
 nation may have divergent interests and therefore agreements may have 
 purposeful or non-purposeful gaps\, may not be completely logical or c
 onsistent. Some of these issues can be resolved after agreements are m
 et through commissions (such as the bilateral consultative commission)
 . Where do we\, the scientists and engineers\, fit in? We provide the 
 capability to detect and deter a militarily significant violation to r
 espond effectively.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=4104
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