1. Deterrence and Countering WMD Threats Mr. Andy Weber ATSD(NCB) 20 Jan 2010

2. President Obama’s Nuclear Security Vision – Two Prongs  Maintaining a safe, secure and effective arsenal –Reduce the role of Nuclear Weapons in the national security strategy  Ensure that terrorists never acquire a nuclear weapon “This is the most immediate and extreme threat to global security.” President Barack Obama Prague Speech April 5, 2009

3. Two Prongs  Reversing Neglect of the Nuclear Deterrent –Management of the Nuclear Stockpile –Modernization of the Nuclear Enterprise –Emphasis on the Nuclear Brain Trust  Significant focus on Countering WMD –Global Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction programs Global Nuclear Lockdown Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) –Non-Proliferation and Arms Control

4. Preventing Biological Threats “…fanatics have expressed interest in developing and using biological weapons against us and our allies. Addressing these unique challenges requires a comprehensive approach that recognizes the importance of reducing threats from outbreaks or infectious disease whether natural, accidental or deliberate in nature…. “ President Barack Obama November 23, 2009 - National Strategy for Countering Biological Threats  Biological Threat Reduction Program –Studies have shown that a Bio attack on this nation could be as devastating as a nuclear attack. –WMD Commission states that a Bio attack is more likely –DoD Biological Threat Reduction efforts in Seven FSU Countries New Overseas Lab in Tbilisi Expansion to Pakistan and Afghanistan –Need to strengthen Global Bio-Surveillance

5. Cooperative Threat Reduction Program Scorecard Amounts in Former Soviet Union & Albania circa. 1994 Reductions a/o Nov 10, 2009 1330013300 14731473 831831 442442 233233 906906 728728 936936 4848 194194 2012Target* 75147514 767767 498 143 155 906 476 651 32 194 Warheads Deactivated ICBM Silos Eliminated ICBM Mobile Launchers Destroyed Bombers Eliminated Nuclear ASMs Destroyed SLBM Launchers Eliminated SLBMs Eliminated SSBNs Destroyed Nuclear Test Tunnels/Holes Sealed ICBMs Destroyed 8452 1110 574 267 155 906 544 728 35 194 Nuclear Weapons Storage Site Security Upgrades Biological Monitoring Stations Built & Equipped Nuclear Weapons Transport Train Shipments 843.2 5465.6 Declared CW Agent Destroyed (Metric Tons) PercentAchieved 88.9% 69.1% 86.8 53.6% 100% 87.5% 89.4% 91.4% 100% 15.4% 4001740017 463 24 18 620 24 55 74.7% 100% 32.7% Ukraine, Kazakhstan, & Belarus are Nuclear Weapons Free Albania is Chemical Weapons Free