Nuclear Weapons

USAF Plans To Expand Nuclear Bomber Bases November 17, 2020

The 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.

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…

US Officials Give Confusing Comparisons Of US And Russian Nuclear Forces October 22, 2020

In 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.

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…

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.

(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…

Remembering 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.

75 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.

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.

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…