An agreed process for disarmament
All global citizens should be concerned that nuclear weapons are found, secured, disarmed and the components monitored or destroyed. This is a rough guide to the elements of the process which is required.
a) Declarations – statements will be made by states describing the warheads, delivery systems, materials, equipment, and facilities they control which are associated with nuclear weapons.
b) End launch-on-warning posture for all nuclear weapons.
c) De-alerting of all warheads worldwide- taking steps to make it more difficult to use nuclear weapons rapidly, such as removing warheads from missiles and storing them a distance away, or covering a silo with dirt.
d) Safe storage of and accounting for fissile materials – this occurs today in 36 non-nuclear weapons states who have all their fissile materials (plutonium and highly enriched uranium) under the regular inspection and controls of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
e) Securing all warheads so they cannot be stolen.
f) Tagging each warheads can be tagged with unique identified for each warhead or container. They cannot be altered without the tampering being revealed. This allows for accurate accounting records.
g) Sealing the warheads or their containers to stop the substitution of fake warheads or other objects for the original contents.
h) Monitoring the storage through the use of sensors or video monitoring to ensure the storage facility is not entered.
i) Safe transport — occurs regularly in today’s world
j) Authenticating the warheads when they are presented for dismantling to confirm that the warhead or component is what it is declared to be — and not a fake.
k) Establishing a chain of custody of fissile materials and other components through to an agreed final disposition state.