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U.S. Nuclear Weapons

  • Burnishing Reagan’s Disarmament Credentials
    Arms Control Today
    September 4, 2009

    A Review of Reagan’s Secret War: The Untold Story of His Fight to Save the World From Nuclear Disaster by Martin Anderson and Annelise Anderson (Continue)
  • Air Force Creates New Global Strike Command
    Arms Control Today
    September 4, 2009

    Citing a lack of “clear lines of authority and responsibility” in its organizational structure, the U.S. Air Force last month announced it was establishing a new Global Strike Command to oversee all of its nuclear forces.
  • Change U.S. Nuclear Policy? Yes, We Can.
    Arms Control Today
    September 3, 2009

    As the administration of President Barack Obama works to complete the congressionally mandated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by early 2010, it is clear to most that yesterday’s nuclear doctrines are no longer appropriate for today’s realities.

    In an April address in Prague, Obama made clear that he wants “to put an end to Cold War thinking” and pledged that “we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others to do the same.” (Continue)
  • Op-ed: Transform U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy
    Press Room
    August 24, 2009

    The U.S.-Soviet standoff that gave rise to tens of thousands of nuclear weapons is over, but the policies developed to justify their possession and potential use remain largely the same. As the administration of President Barack Obama works to complete the congressionally mandated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by year's end, it is clear to most that yesterday's nuclear doctrines are no longer appropriate for today's realities. (Continue)
  • Obama Budget Seeks Rise in Tritium Capacity
    Arms Control Today
    June 4, 2009

    The Obama administration's fiscal year 2010 budget request includes funds to increase production capacity for tritium, a radioactive gas used to boost the explosive power of U.S. nuclear weapons, even as the U.S. government is taking steps to scale back the amount of tritium it produces. (Continue)
  • Lots of Hedging, Little Leading: An Analysis of the Congressional Strategic Posture Commission Report
    Arms Control Today
    June 4, 2009

    Among the flood of security policy reports issued in recent months, one of the most anticipated has been the one from the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. The panel, which Congress established last year, is a bipartisan, 12-member group of policy veterans, headed by former Secretaries of Defense William Perry, the commission's chairman, and James Schlesinger, the vice chairman. The report, released May 6, is supposed to help guide the Obama administration's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which is scheduled to be completed within the next year. (Continue)
  • TRANSCRIPT: Arms Control Association Annual Meeting - Speaker Luncheon with Gary Samore
    ACA Events
    May 20, 2009

    Speaker Luncheon - "Advancing U.S. Nonproliferation and Disarmament Leadership" with Gary Samore, Special Assistant to President Obama and White House Coordinator for Arms Control and Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
  • National Ignition Facility Completed
    Arms Control Today
    May 8, 2009

    The National Ignition Facility (NIF), a central component of U.S. scientific research and stockpile stewardship, has been completed, the Department of Energy announced March 31. The NIF has been under construction at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California since May 1997. (Continue)
  • Steinmeier Calls for U.S. to Withdraw Nukes
    Arms Control Today
    May 8, 2009

    In an unprecedented statement for a German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier last month called for the withdrawal of the U.S. nuclear weapons deployed in his country. Steinmeier told the German magazine Der Spiegel April 10 that "these weapons are militarily obsolete today" and promised that he would take steps to ensure that the remaining U.S. warheads "are removed from Germany." (Continue)
  • Remarks of President Barack Obama (Excerpts)
    Arms Control Today
    May 8, 2009

    "[T]oday, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons. This goal will not be reached quickly-perhaps not in my lifetime. It will take patience and persistence. But now we, too, must ignore the voices who tell us that the world cannot change...." (Continue)

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