The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Enters Into Force Today January 22, 2021
By Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit…
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit…
Read moreThe Trump administration has denied a request from the Federation of American Scientists to disclose the size of the US nuclear weapons stockpile and the number of dismantled warheads.
Read moreThe US Air Force is working to expand the number of strategic bomber bases that can store nuclear weapons from two today to five by the 2030s. The plan will also significantly expand the number of bomber bases that store nuclear cruise missiles from one base today to all five bombers bases by the 2030s.
Read moreAny time a US federal agency proposes a major action that “has the potential to cause significant effects on the natural or human environment,” they must complete an…
Read moreIn their effort to paint the New START treaty as insufficient and a bad deal for the United States and its allies, Trump administration official have recently made statements suggesting the treaty limits the US nuclear arsenal more than it limits the Russian arsenal.
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen Just four months before the New START treaty is set to expire, the latest set of so-called aggregate data published by the…
Read moreSeventy-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 moreThe 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 Trump administration clearly sees the Compliance Report as a tool to provide justification for shedding treaties.
Read moreBy Hans M. Kristensen On this day, ten years ago, U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev signed the New START treaty during a…
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