Comments on: The Missiles of Winter (III) – Proliferation Controls http://steeljawscribe.com/2009/02/26/the-missiles-of-winter-iii-%e2%80%93-proliferation-controls Looking for clues at the scene of the crime Mon, 14 May 2012 13:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Iran’s Long-Range Missile Program: New Launch Facility Revealed | Steeljaw Scribe http://steeljawscribe.com/2009/02/26/the-missiles-of-winter-iii-%e2%80%93-proliferation-controls/comment-page-1#comment-5056 Iran’s Long-Range Missile Program: New Launch Facility Revealed | Steeljaw Scribe Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:37:03 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/?p=2133#comment-5056 [...] nuclear program is concerned, that may force Iran to compliance — but given recent history, it doesn’t seem likely  . Article Series - Next Nuclear StrategyThe Next Nuclear Strategy for a New Administration [...] [...] nuclear program is concerned, that may force Iran to compliance — but given recent history, it doesn’t seem likely  . Article Series – Next Nuclear StrategyThe Next Nuclear Strategy for a New Administration [...]

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]]> By: Jim http://steeljawscribe.com/2009/02/26/the-missiles-of-winter-iii-%e2%80%93-proliferation-controls/comment-page-1#comment-4052 Jim Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:45:03 +0000 http://steeljawscribe.com/?p=2133#comment-4052 Just a little background on the MTCR: The idea originated under Pres. Jimmy Carter amongst some high ranking government bureaucrat "thinkers," mainly in the old Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), but it didn't get beyond the thinking stage before Carter was out and Reagan was elected. Reagan's people at the State Department almost immediately picked up on the idea. The first talks with close allies and original partners -- UK, France, Italy, etc. -- probably began in the early 80's, 1981 or 82. There was immeidately a tension between the foreign partners, who did a lot of international trade in space related items for the European Space Agency, and the Pentagon, led by Richard Perle, who saw the regime as an opportunity to stop virtually all trade in missile and space items. The Europeans were doubly sensitive because the nuclear non-proliferation regime was being tightened at the same time, already producing cries of unfairness from developing nations, some legitimate, and some bad guys joining the chorus. Thus the Europeans were reluctant to join anything that looked too much like the NPT and its related trade restrictions. While one source for drawing up a list of restricted items for the MTCR annex was the NPT regime including the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Zangger Committee, another was the old COCOM regime that restricted exports to the old Soviet Union. Richard Perle was a major player in the COCOM regime. He tended to give the allies fits within the COCOM framework for being too lenient on their exports, which made them even more leary of joining a new missile regime. They didn't want to sign up to something else that the US would use to beat them about the head and shoulders with. Thus the talks dragged on for years, although everybody recognized that missile proliferation was a problem that needed to be addressed. Just a little background on the MTCR:

The idea originated under Pres. Jimmy Carter amongst some high ranking government bureaucrat “thinkers,” mainly in the old Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), but it didn’t get beyond the thinking stage before Carter was out and Reagan was elected. Reagan’s people at the State Department almost immediately picked up on the idea. The first talks with close allies and original partners — UK, France, Italy, etc. — probably began in the early 80′s, 1981 or 82. There was immeidately a tension between the foreign partners, who did a lot of international trade in space related items for the European Space Agency, and the Pentagon, led by Richard Perle, who saw the regime as an opportunity to stop virtually all trade in missile and space items. The Europeans were doubly sensitive because the nuclear non-proliferation regime was being tightened at the same time, already producing cries of unfairness from developing nations, some legitimate, and some bad guys joining the chorus. Thus the Europeans were reluctant to join anything that looked too much like the NPT and its related trade restrictions.

While one source for drawing up a list of restricted items for the MTCR annex was the NPT regime including the Nuclear Suppliers Group and the Zangger Committee, another was the old COCOM regime that restricted exports to the old Soviet Union. Richard Perle was a major player in the COCOM regime. He tended to give the allies fits within the COCOM framework for being too lenient on their exports, which made them even more leary of joining a new missile regime. They didn’t want to sign up to something else that the US would use to beat them about the head and shoulders with.

Thus the talks dragged on for years, although everybody recognized that missile proliferation was a problem that needed to be addressed.

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