Export Controls: Issues Concerning Sensitive Stealth-Related Items and
Technologies (Testimony, 05/11/95, GAO/T-NSIAD-95-158).

Lax export controls and unclear jurisdiction at federal agencies may put
sensitive stealth technology into the hands of foreign governments,
enabling them to build weapons capable of evading detection by U.S.
radar systems.  Also, under current interagency referral practices, the
Defense Department does not review most license applications for stealth
technology processed by the Commerce Department.  This report (1)
determines how control over stealth technology is split between the
State Department's U.S. Munitions List and the Commerce Department's
Control List, (2) identifies the impact of shared jurisdiction over
stealth-related items, and (3) assesses whether current referral
procedures enable the Defense Department to review all stealth-related
exports.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-NSIAD-95-158
     TITLE:  Export Controls: Issues Concerning Sensitive 
             Stealth-Related Items and Technologies
      DATE:  05/11/95
   SUBJECT:  Interagency relations
             Exporting
             Licenses
             Munitions
             Technology transfer
             Export regulation
             Defense capabilities
             Dual-use technologies
             Foreign military sales policies
             International trade restriction
IDENTIFIER:  U.S. Munitions List
             Dept. of Commerce Control List
             Patriot Missile System
             Missile Technology Control Regime
             President's Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative
             
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