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The CIA Weapons, Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control Center
The CIA Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation, and Arms Control
Center (WINPAC) provides intelligence support aimed at doing all it can
to protect America from the strategic threat of foreign weapons. WINPAC officers
are a diverse group with a variety of backgrounds and work experiences. They
include engineers (aerospace, nuclear, chemical, mechanical, computer, and
electrical, among others), scientists (biologists, chemists, and physicists),
and mathematicians as well as officers with backgrounds in proliferation,
national security studies, and foreign affairs. Many have advanced degrees and
in-depth expertise from other US government entities, private industry, and
academia, while others have a Bachelor’s degree in their fields and have learned
most of what they know on the job. On any given day, these analysts could be
answering a question from the President, assessing information about a foreign
missile test, or developing new computational models to determine blast effects.
Key parts of the mission include:
- Studying the development of the entire spectrum of threats, from weapons of
mass destruction (nuclear, radiological, chemical, and biological weapons) to
advanced conventional weapons like lasers, advanced explosives, and armor, as
well as all types of missiles, including ballistic, cruise, and surface-to-air.
Analysts study systems from their earliest development phase through production,
deployment, and transfers to other countries.
- Providing intelligence support to US nonproliferation, threat reduction, and
arms control efforts. This provides end-to-end analysis of weapons systems from
their development until they are no longer a threat to the US and our Allies.
Posted: May 06, 2007 02:56 PM
Last Updated: Jul 16, 2008 06:46 AM
Last Reviewed: May 06, 2007 02:56 PM