At 11th Hour, New START Data Reaffirms Importance of Extending Treaty October 1, 2020
Just four months before the New START treaty is set to expire, the latest set of so-called aggregate data published by the State Department shows the…
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Construction of New Underground Nuclear Warhead Facility At Warren AFB September 28, 2020
The Air Force has begun construction of a new underground nuclear weapons storage and handling facility at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The new Weapons Storage and Maintenance Facility (WSMF; sometimes called Weapons Generation Facility), which will replace the current Weapons Storage Area (WSA), will be a 90,000-square-foot reinforced concrete and earth-covered facility with supporting surface structures.
Read more(The Other) Red Storm Rising: INDO-PACOM China Military Projection September 15, 2020
Click on image to download PDF-version of full briefing Some Missile Numbers Do Not Match Recent DOD China Report U.S. Indo-Pacific Command…
Read moreThe Pentagon’s 2020 China Report September 1, 2020
(With table corrected for typos) The Pentagon has just released its long-awaited 2020 version of its annual report on China’s military developments. In this article, we…
Read moreRemembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 75 Years After August 5, 2020
Seventy-five years later, we commemorate the nuclear attacks and the unspeakable human suffering they inflicted, which remind us of the uniquely destructive capability of nuclear weapons and the importance of ensuring that they are never used in anger again.
Read more75 Years Ago: The Trinity Nuclear Test July 16, 2020
The first ever nuclear detonation––known as the Trinity test––took place in New Mexico on July 16th, 1945. In the decades that followed, nuclear testing contaminated lands, oceans, and people, and triggered a nuclear arms race that continues to this day.
Read moreThe 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 moreA 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…
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