Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
- 01Criterion
Nuclear Missile Launcher Manufacturers
Defined as: Companies that design, produce, assemble, or integrate launchers specifically for nuclear-capable missiles, including silo launchers, mobile launchers, submarine launch systems, or aircraft launch interfaces.
- 02Criterion
ICBM Silo and Missile-Field Infrastructure Contractors
Defined as: Companies that construct, modernize, or materially support silos, launch-control centres, missile fields, or hardened infrastructure specifically for nuclear missile systems.
- 03Criterion
Submarine Missile Launch System Providers
Defined as: Companies that design, produce, integrate, or materially support missile tubes, launch canisters, hatches, gas-management systems, or related systems for submarine-launched nuclear missiles.
- 04Criterion
Mobile Nuclear Missile Launcher and Transporter Producers
Defined as: Companies that produce or integrate transporter-erector-launchers, mobile launch vehicles, or purpose-built deployment systems for nuclear-capable ballistic or cruise missiles.
- 05Criterion
Nuclear Missile Handling and Loading Systems
Defined as: Companies that provide missile handling, loading, erection, launch preparation, or launch-support equipment specifically for nuclear-capable missile systems.
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
- 01Criterion
Generic Construction or Civil Works Providers
Defined as: Companies providing ordinary construction, civil engineering, or infrastructure services without a documented nuclear-missile launcher or launch-infrastructure scope.
- 02Criterion
Conventional Missile Launcher Producers Only
Defined as: Companies that produce launchers or launch infrastructure solely for missiles not designed, designated, certified, or materially modified for nuclear payloads.
- 03Criterion
Civilian Space Launch Systems
Defined as: Companies involved only in civilian, commercial, or scientific space-launch infrastructure without nuclear-weapons delivery application.
- 04Criterion
Generic Logistics Providers Without Launcher Control
Defined as: Companies transporting materials or equipment without responsibility for the launcher, launch-control system, or launch-infrastructure deliverable.
- 05Criterion
Disarmament, Decommissioning, or Demolition-Only Work
Defined as: Companies working only on verified dismantlement, conversion, remediation, or destruction of former nuclear missile launch infrastructure.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.