US Deploys New Low-Yield Nuclear Submarine Warhead
In his latest Strategic Security blog, Hans Kristensen, with William Arkin, writes about a recently deployed submarine with the new W76-2 low-yield Trident warhead. It is "likely that the new low-yield weapon is intended to facilitate first-use of nuclear weapons against North Korea or Iran." →
China’s New DF-26 Missile Shows Up At Base In Eastern China
In his latest Strategic Security blog, expert Hans Kristensen gives a background DF-26 missile launchers that have begun to appear at a number of bases across China, and production at a factory outside of Beijing. →
The New START Treaty Keeps Nuclear Arsenals In Check And President Trump Must Act To Preserve It
For Forbes, Hans Kristensen and Matt Korda make the case for an extension of New START. "If the treaty is allowed to expire, there will be no constraints on US and Russian strategic nuclear forces for the first time since the 1970s." →
JASON Science Advisory Panel Preserved and other reports
In his latest Secrecy News blog posts, Steven Aftergood covers the preservation of the JASON scientific advisory group, an NDAA provision requiring the Pentagon to meet its obligation to declassify records, and a Congressional mandate for the Pentagon to publish a report on Chinese, Russian, and American nuclear systems. →
