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
Strategic Warhead Developers
Defined as: Companies involved in the design, engineering, or production of nuclear warheads for intercontinental or submarine-launched missiles, or long-range strategic bombers.
- 02Criterion
Warhead Assembly and Sustainment
Defined as: Companies engaged in the physical construction, refurbishment, or lifecycle management of strategic nuclear warheads.
- 03Criterion
Strategic Reentry and Payload Integration
Defined as: Companies responsible for integrating warheads into reentry vehicles or payload bays of strategic delivery platforms.
- 04Criterion
Arming, Fuzing, and Safety Systems (Strategic Use)
Defined as: Companies that provide warhead detonation and targeting systems designed for strategic nuclear deployment.
- 05Criterion
Facilities Supporting Strategic Stockpiles
Defined as: Contractors managing facilities that store, test, or service strategic nuclear warheads.
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
- 01Criterion
Tactical-Only Warhead Producers
Defined as: Companies that manufacture only battlefield or theater nuclear weapons.
- 02Criterion
Delivery System Manufacturers Without Warhead Involvement
Defined as: Companies that make ICBMs or bombers but don’t produce or integrate nuclear warheads.
- 03Criterion
General Nuclear Material Suppliers
Defined as: Companies that provide uranium/plutonium or isotopes for civilian or medical use without weapons-related activity.
- 04Criterion
Simulators, Non-Operational Systems
Defined as: Training or simulation providers without operational warhead development roles.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
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Other screens under Nuclear Weapons
Tactical Nuclear Warheads
5 included · 4 excluded
Nuclear Warheads — Unspecified or Multi-Role
5 included · 5 excluded
Nuclear Delivery Systems
4 direct children
Nuclear Weapons Components and Materials
6 included · 6 excluded
Nuclear Weapons Support Services
8 direct children