New Environmental Assessment Reveals Fascinating Alternatives to Land-Based ICBMs July 13, 2022
A new Air Force environmental assessment reveals that it considered basing ICBMs in underground railway tunnels––or possibly underwater.
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Environmental Assessment Reveals New Details About the Air Force’s ICBM Replacement Plan November 3, 2020
Any 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 moreConstruction 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 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 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 moreMixed Messages On Trump’s Missile Defense Review January 17, 2019
President Trump personally released the long-overdue Missile Defense Review today, and despite the document's assertion that “Missile Defenses are Stabilizing,” the MDR promotes a posture that is anything but.
Read moreThe Pentagon’s Annual Report on Chinese Military August 17, 2018
By Hans M. Kristensen [Updated August 21, 2018] The Pentagon’s annual report to Congress on China’s military and security developments has finally…
Read morePentagon Report: China Deploys MIRV Missile May 11, 2015
By Hans M. Kristensen The biggest surprise in the Pentagon’s latest annual report on Chinese military power is the claim that China’s ICBM force now includes the…
Read moreWho’s Minding the Nukes? April 28, 2014
In the wake of recent problems related to Air Force officer morale and test cheating, 60 Minutes examined the U.S. land-based nuclear missile program, one part of the nuclear triad which includes…
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