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Incomplete Upgrades at RAF Lakenheath Raise Questions About Suspected US Nuclear Deployment

Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.

10.10.25 | 8 min read
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Avoiding Nuclear Danger in Northeast Asia

It will take consistent leadership and action to navigate the complex dangers in the region and to avoid what many analysts considered to be an increasingly possible outcome, a nuclear conflict in East Asia.

10.07.25 | 19 min read
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Understanding the Two Nuclear Peer Debate

How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.

09.24.25 | 4 min read
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Training the next generation of nuclear analysts, one satellite image at a time

The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.

09.12.25 | 3 min read
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All the King’s Weapons: Nuclear Launch Authority in the United States

Is sole authority solvable, or is it truly the best system possible for nuclear launch authority? If the latter, should we accept that reality?

09.05.25 | 3 min read
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Nuclear Weapons At China’s 2025 Victory Day Parade

On September 3, 2025, China showcased its military power in a parade commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II. The parade featured a large number of new military weapons and equipment, including new and modified nuclear systems that had not been previously publicly displayed. This parade was also the first time […]

09.04.25 | 6 min read
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The Next Nuclear Age: What the Washington Post Series Reveals About Our Perilous Present, from Trinity to Tehran

With 2000 nuclear weapons on alert, far more powerful than the first bomb tested in the Jornada Del Muerto during the Trinity Test 80 years ago, our world has been fundamentally altered.

08.08.25 | 8 min read
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Poison in our Communities: Impacts of the Nuclear Weapons Industry across America

As the United States continues nuclear modernization on all legs of its nuclear triad through the creation of new variants of warheads, missiles, and delivery platforms, examining the effects of nuclear weapons production on the public is ever more pressing.

08.07.25 | 2 min read
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Planning for the Unthinkable: The targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states

While it is reasonable for governments to keep the most sensitive aspects of nuclear policies secret, the rights of their citizens to have access to general knowledge about these issues is equally valid so they may know about the consequences to themselves and their country.

06.30.25 | 4 min read
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The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle

Nearly one year after the Pentagon certified the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to continue after it incurred critical cost and schedule overruns, the new nuclear missile could once again be in trouble.

06.24.25 | 17 min read
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Federation of American Scientists Researchers Contribute Nuclear Weapons Expertise to International SIPRI Yearbook, Out Today

“The era of reductions in the number of nuclear weapons in the world, which had lasted since the end of the cold war, is coming to an end”

06.16.25 | 3 min read
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Raising the Nuclear IQ

Without information, without factual information, you can’t act. You can’t relate to the world you live in. And so it’s super important for us to be able to monitor what’s happening around the world, analyze the material, and translate it into something that different audiences can understand.

06.04.25 | 6 min read
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