(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…
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The 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…
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…
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