Center for Security Studies

No. 145: The Proliferation of Advanced Conventional Weapons

No. 145: The Proliferation of Advanced Conventional Weapons

Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Christian Nünlist
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 145
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

Hitherto, the debate on the proliferation of security-relevant technologies has been focused on weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems. However, the increasing proliferation of advanced conventional weapons is similarly momentous in terms of strategic effects. The current trends in this area will continue unabated, thus creating serious challenges for security policy.

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