By Hans M. Kristensen The Pentagon has decided not to disclose the current number of nuclear weapons in the Defense Department’s nuclear weapons stockpile. The decision, which came as a…
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FLAWED PENTAGON NUCLEAR CRUISE MISSILE ADVOCACY – JUNE 10, 2016 In its quest to secure Congressional approval for a new nuclear cruise missile, the…
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by Charles D. Ferguson, Ph.D. From its inception 70 years ago, the founders and members of the Federation of American Scientists were reinventing themselves.
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A look at the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) and its work to reduce the amount of vulnerable nuclear and radiological material located at civilian sites worldwide and improve protection of these materials.
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To help seed the ground for bipartisan progress, we've put together a menu of the best policy ideas on a range of critical topics.
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How can US officials assure allies that Biden’s sole purpose policy will increase their security, not decrease it?
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Frank von Hippel and Andrei Sakharov discuss the possibility of cutting U.S. and Soviet nuclear forces (without changing the basic war fighting approaches…
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The Pentagon's case for the ICBM replacement program, known as the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) needs to be reevaluated in light of cost escalation and surrounding budgetary pressures.
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FAS Staff Photo, April 1987. by Jeremy J. Stone “When, in 1970, I descended from the FAS Executive Committee to become the chief…
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At a time when democratic rule of law and human rights have weakened globally, emerging digital surveillance technologies have made the authoritarian model more accessible, stable, and competitive than ever before.
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