Countries and Areas
Overviews of national nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile programs and nonproliferation efforts. Select profiles of countries and other areas include in-depth explorations of WMD programs and associated facilities. Material prepared for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
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Recently updated and trending profiles of countries and other areas
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Belarus
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Estonia
- France
- Georgia
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Israel
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- NTI
- CNS
India
Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE)
- Missile
Bharat Dynamics Limited
- Missile
Bharat Earth Movers Limited
- Nuclear
Bharat Electronics Limited
- Missile
Centre for Environment and Explosive Safety
- Missile
Combat Vehicles R&D Establishment
- Missile
Defence Electronics Applications Lab
- Missile
Defence Electronics Research Laboratory
- Missile
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory
- Missile
Defence Research and Development Laboratory
- Missile
Defence Terrain Research Laboratory
- Nuclear
Electronics and Radar Development Establishment
- Nuclear
Electronics Corporation of India Limited
- Missile
Gas Turbine Research Establishment
- Nuclear
Godrej and Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
- Missile
High Energy Materials Research Laboratory
- Nuclear
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
- Nuclear
IBP Company Limited
- Missile
Institute of Armament Technology
- Missile
Instrumentation Limited
- Nuclear
Larsen and Toubro
- Nuclear
Laser Science and Technology Centre
- Nuclear
Metallurgical and Engineering Consultants (India) Ltd.
- Missile
Microwave Tube Research and Development Centre
- Nuclear
Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (Midhani)
- Missile
Pantex Gee Bee Fluid Power Ltd.
- Missile
Research & Development Establishment, Engineering
- Missile
Research Center Imarat
- Missile
S.K. Machine Tools Private Ltd.
- Missile
Semiconductor Complex Limited (SCL)
- Missile
Solid State Physics Laboratory
- Nuclear
Sriharikota High Altitude Range
- Missile
Srijan Control Drives
- Missile
Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory
- Missile
The KCP Limited
- Missile
Vehicles Research & Development Establishment
- Nuclear
Vikram Sarabhai Space Center
- Nuclear
Iran
Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO)
- Missile
Amirkabir University of Technology
- Nuclear
Anarak Waste Storage Facility
- Nuclear
Arak Nuclear Complex
- Nuclear
Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant
- Nuclear
Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI)
- Nuclear
Bakhtaran Missile Base
- Missile
Bandar Abbas
- Missile
Bandar Abbas Uranium Production Plant (BUP)
- Nuclear
Bank Sepah
- Missile
Bonab Atomic Energy Research Center
- Nuclear
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP)
- Nuclear
Defense Industries Organization (DIO) (Missile)
- Missile
Defense Industries Organization (DIO) (Nuclear)
- Nuclear
Fajr Industrial Group
- Missile
Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant
- Nuclear
Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP)
- Nuclear
Fuel Fabrication Laboratory (FFL)
- Nuclear
Graphite Sub-Critical Reactor (ENTC GSCR)
- Nuclear
Heavy Water Production Plant (HWPP)
- Nuclear
Heavy Water Zero Power Reactor (ENTC-HWZPR)
- Nuclear
Imam Ali Missile Base
- Missile
Imam Hussein University (IHU)
- Nuclear
Imam Khomeini Space Center
- Missile
Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM)
- Nuclear
Isfahan (Esfahan) Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Center (NFRPC)
- Nuclear
Isfahan (Esfahan) Nuclear Technology Center (INTC)
- Nuclear
Isfahan Missile Complex
- Missile
Lashkar Ab’ad
- Nuclear
Light Water Sub-Critical Reactor (ENTC-LWSCR)
- Nuclear
Miniature Neutron Source Reactor (MNSR)
- Nuclear
Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL)
- Missile
Natanz Enrichment Complex
- Nuclear
Parchin Military Complex (Missile)
- Missile
Parchin Military Complex (Nuclear)
- Nuclear
Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP)
- Nuclear
Qom Waste Disposal Site
- Nuclear
Saghand Uranium Mine
- Nuclear
Semnan Missile Complex
- Missile
Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group
- Missile
Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group
- Missile
Shahroud Missile Test Site
- Missile
Shiraz Missile Plant
- Missile
Tabriz Missile Base
- Missile
Tehran Nuclear Research Center (TNRC)
- Nuclear
Tehran Research Reactor (TRR)
- Nuclear
Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF)
- Nuclear
Yazd Radiation Processing Center (YRPC)
- Nuclear
Zirconium Production Plant (ZPP)
- Nuclear
Israel
Ein Shemer
- Missile
IMI Systems
- Missile
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.
- Missile
Israel Atomic Energy Commission
- Nuclear
Ministry of Defense
- Missile
Palmachim
- Missile
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
- Missile
Rafael/Yodefat
- Missile
Soreq Nuclear Research Center
- Nuclear
Tel Nof Airbase
- Missile
Tirosh
- Nuclear
Kazakhstan
929th State Test Flight Center (Taysoygan)
- Nuclear
Aralsk
- Nuclear
Azgyr
- Nuclear
Baikonur Cosmodrome
- Missile
Baykal-1 (Baikal) Research Reactor Complex
- Nuclear
Committee on Atomic Energy
- Nuclear
Emba
- Nuclear
Institute of Atomic Energy (IAE)
- Nuclear
Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Nuclear
Joint Stock Company “Biomedpreparat-Engineering Center”
- Biological
Joint Venture Inkai (INKAY)
- Nuclear
Kapustin Yar
- Nuclear
Kaskor Joint Stock Company
- Nuclear
Katko Joint Venture
- Nuclear
KazSabton
- Nuclear
Lira
- Nuclear
M. Aikimbayev Kazakh Scientific Center of Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases (KSCQZD)
- Biological
M. AIkimbayev Kazakh Scientific Center of Quarantine and Zoonotic Diseases (KSCQZD)
- Biological
Mangyshlak Atomic Energy Combine
- Nuclear
Mining Directorate No. 6
- Nuclear
National Nuclear Center (NNC)
- Nuclear
Sary-Shagan
- Nuclear
Say-Utes
- Nuclear
Scientific Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems
- Biological
Semipalatinsk Test Site
- Nuclear
Spent Fuel Storage Sites
- Nuclear
Stepnoye Mining Directorate
- Nuclear
Tsentralnoye Mining Directorate
- Nuclear
Ulba Metallurgical Plant
- Nuclear
Volkovgeologiya JSC
- Nuclear
Vozrozhdeniye Open-Air Test Site
- Biological
Zharys State Holding Company
- Nuclear
North Korea
Atomic Energy Research Institute
- Nuclear
Chiha-ri Missile Base
- Missile
Geumchang-ri Underground Facility
- Nuclear
Geumho-Jigu Light Water Reactor Site
- Nuclear
Hagap Underground Suspected Nuclear Facility
- Nuclear
Hamheung University of Chemical Industry
- Chemical
January 18th Machine Factory
- Missile
Kim Il Sung University
- Nuclear
Kum Song Tractor Factory
- Missile
Kumcheon Scud Missile Base
- Missile
Kusŏng Machine Tool Factory
- Missile
MGC-20 Cyclotron
- Nuclear
No. 125 Factory
- Missile
No. 26 Factory
- Missile
No. Seven Factory
- Missile
Okp’yŏng-dong Missile Base
- Missile
P’yŏngsan Uranium Milling Facility
- Nuclear
Pakch’ŏn Uranium Mine
- Nuclear
Pukchung Machine Complex
- Missile
Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Facility
- Nuclear
Pyongyang Semiconductor Factory
- Missile
Sakkabbong Missile Base
- Missile
Sangnam-ri Missile Base
- Missile
Shin’o-ri Missile Base
- Missile
Sohae Satellite Launching Station
- Missile
Sŭngni Automobile Factory
- Missile
Taecheon 200MWe Nuclear Reactor
- Nuclear
Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground
- Missile
Yongbyon High-Explosive Test Site
- Nuclear
Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center
- Nuclear
Yongdeok-dong High-Explosive Test Site
- Nuclear
Yŏngjŏ-ri Missile Base
- Missile
Yongnim-ŭp Missile Base
- Missile
Pakistan
Air Weapons Complex (AWC)
- Missile
Defense Science and Technology Organization (DESTO)
- Missile
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI)
- Missile
Karachi Institute of Power Engineering (KINPOE)
- Nuclear
Khan Research Laboratories (KRL)
- Missile
Kundian Nuclear Complex-1 (KNC-1)
- Nuclear
Mashhood Test Firing Range (MTFR)
- Missile
National Command Authority (NCA)
- Missile
National Defense Complex (NDC)
- Missile
National Engineering and Scientific Commission (NESCOM)
- Missile
National Security Council of Pakistan (NSC)
- Missile
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC)
- Nuclear
Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF)
- Missile
Sonmiani Flight Test Range (FTR)
- Missile
Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO)
- Missile
Strategic Plans Division (SPD)
- Missile
Russia
A.A. Bochvar High-Technology Scientific Research Institute for Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
- Nuclear
A.I. Alikhanov Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP)
- Nuclear
A.P. Aleksandrov Scientific Research Technological Institute (NITI)
- Nuclear
Afrikantov Experimental Design Bureau for Mechanical Engineering (OKBM)
- Nuclear
Akademik Lomonosov
- Nuclear
All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics (VNIIA)
- Nuclear
All-Russian Scientific Institute of Measuring Systems (NIIIS)
- Nuclear
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) (Missile)
- Missile
All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) (Nuclear)
- Nuclear
AtomRedMetZoloto (ARMZ Uranium Holding)
- Nuclear
B.P. Konstantinov St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (IPPN or PNPI)
- Nuclear
Bazalt
- Missile
Central Test Site of Russia on Novaya Zemlya
- Missile
Chepetsky Mechanical Plant (ChMZ)
- Nuclear
Electrochemical Plant (EKhZ) Production Association
- Nuclear
Elektrokhimpribor Combine
- Nuclear
Federal Service for Environmental, Technological, and Nuclear Oversight (Rostekhnadzor)
- Nuclear
Fuel Company of Rosatom (TVEL)
- Nuclear
I.I. Leypunsky Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)
- Nuclear
IGR Nuclear Reactor Complex
- Nuclear
Instrumentation Factory (PSZ)
- Missile
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
- Nuclear
Machine-Building Plant (Elemash)
- Nuclear
Mayak Production Association
- Nuclear
Mining and Chemical Combine (GKhK)
- Chemical
Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute (MIFI or MEPhI)
- Nuclear
N.A. Dollezhal Scientific Research and Design Institute of Energy Technologies (NIKIET)
- Nuclear
National Operator for Radioactive Waste Management (NO RAO)
- Nuclear
National Research Center Kurchatov Institute
- Nuclear
Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP)
- Chemical
Plesetsk Cosmodrome
- Missile
Red Star
- Missile
Rosenergoatom
- Nuclear
RosRAO
- Nuclear
Scientific Research Institute for Instruments (NIIP) (Lytkarino)
- Nuclear
Sever Production Association (PO Sever)
- Missile
Siberian Chemical Combine (SKhK)
- Chemical
Start Production Association (PO Start)
- Missile
State Atomic Energy Cooperation Rosatom
- Nuclear
Troitskii Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research (TRINITI)
- Nuclear
Urals Electrochemical Combine (Uekhk)
- Nuclear
Urals Elektromechanical Plant (UEMZ)
- Missile
Zababakhin All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Technical Physics (VNIITF)
- Missile
Syria
Al-Kibar (Missile)
- Missile
Al-Kibar (Nuclear)
- Nuclear
Al-Safir Missile Base
- Missile
Aleppo Missile Factory
- Missile
Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS)
- Nuclear
Cerin
- Biological
Cyclotron Facility
- Nuclear
Deposit No. 1182
- Nuclear
Deposit No. 1184
- Nuclear
Deposit No. 1188
- Nuclear
Der Al-Hadjar Nuclear Research Center
- Nuclear
Electronics Institute
- Missile
Hama Missile Base and Production Factory
- Missile
Higher Institute of Applied Science and Technology
- Nuclear
Homs Missile Factory
- Missile
Ion Beam Accelerator Facility
- Nuclear
Iskandariyah
- Nuclear
Marj as-Sultan Uranium Conversion Facility
- Nuclear
Masyaf
- Chemical
Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Syria
- Nuclear
National Standards and Calibration Laboratory
- Nuclear
Non-Destructive Testing Laboratory
- Nuclear
Nuclear Analytical Laboratory
- Nuclear
Nuclear Electronics Laboratory
- Nuclear
Nuclear Training Laboratory
- Nuclear
Phosphoric Acid Pilot Plant
- Nuclear
Radioactive Waste Management Division (RWMD)
- Nuclear
Radiological and Nuclear Regulatory Office (RNR)
- Nuclear
Scientific Studies and Research Center (Chemical)
- Chemical
Scientific Studies and Research Center (Missile)
- Missile
Scientific Studies and Research Center (Nuclear)
- Nuclear
SRR-1
- Nuclear
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