The State Department’s Compliance Report Plays the Blame Game, Despite Offering Little Evidence June 24, 2020
The Trump administration clearly sees the Compliance Report as a tool to provide justification for shedding treaties.
Read moreStrategic Security
A Decade After Signing, New START Treaty Is Working April 8, 2020
On this day, ten years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev signed the New START treaty during a ceremony in Prague. The…
Read moreCount-Down Begins For No-Brainer: Extend New START Treaty February 5, 2020
One year from today, on February 5, 2021, the New START treaty will expire, unless the United States and Russia act to extend the last nuclear arms control agreement for…
Read moreUS Deploys New Low-Yield Nuclear Submarine Warhead January 29, 2020
By William M. Arkin* and Hans M. Kristensen The USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) at sea. The Tennessee is believed to have deployed on an operational patrol in…
Read moreWhat do Putin’s constitutional changes mean for Russian nuclear launch authority? January 27, 2020
Putin will have no choice but to redesign Russia’s nuclear launch authority if he intends to keep his finger on the nuclear button.
Read moreChina’s New DF-26 Missile Shows Up At Base In Eastern China January 21, 2020
Pictures taken recently by Maxar Technologies’ satellites show a large number of launchers for the DF-26 intermediate-range missile operating at a training site approximately 9 kilometers (5.7 miles) south of…
Read moreA Rare Look Inside a Russian ICBM Base November 19, 2019
It’s relatively easy to observe Russian missile bases from above. It’s much harder to do it from inside. But in September, the Russian Ministry of…
Read moreUrgent: Move US Nuclear Weapons Out Of Turkey October 16, 2019
Should the U.S. Air Force withdraw the roughly 50 B61 nuclear bombs it stores at the Incirlik Air Base in Turkey? The question has come to a head after Turkey’s…
Read more