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  • Nuke Commander Unhappy With Status Quo
    Arms Control Today
    April 1, 2008

    The top U.S. military commander in charge of deployed nuclear forces is speaking out against the current state of the nuclear weapons enterprise and advocating for new warheads and the infrastructure and people to produce them. Meanwhile, Congress recently appointed a group of 12 experts to evaluate the appropriate roles for nuclear weapons in future U.S. security policy. (Continue)
  • Bush Budget Revives Cut Warhead
    Arms Control Today
    March 1, 2008

    Lawmakers last year dealt what many thought was a knockout blow to research into a new type of nuclear warhead, but the Bush administration is seeking to raise the program off of the canvas with renewed funding in its fiscal year 2009 budget request. (Continue)
  • Hill Reviews Defense Policies; Nixes Warhead
    Arms Control Today
    January 25, 2008

    In a trio of bills passed recently, the Democratic-controlled Congress ordered several reviews of key Bush administration defense and nuclear policies, setting the stage for possible future course changes. Lawmakers also dealt a more immediate reversal to administration plans by nearly eliminating all funding for a new nuclear warhead. (Continue)
  • Panel Questions Warhead Concept Plausibility
    Arms Control Today
    November 1, 2007

    The jury is still out on whether the United States can develop a new nuclear warhead without using a test explosion to verify its performance, a leading scientific panel has concluded, urging further study. Meanwhile, two key congressional protagonists in the debate surrounding the controversial initiative announced they will not seek re-election next year. (Continue)
  • Lawmakers Knock New Warhead Report
    Arms Control Today
    September 1, 2007

    A recent Bush administration report intended to shore up congressional support for a flagging initiative to build a new nuclear warhead appears to have backfired. Key lawmakers blasted the report, and the program suffered another budget vote defeat. (Continue)
  • Lawmakers Sideline New U.S. Nuclear Warhead
    Arms Control Today
    July 1, 2007

    Congress has yet to complete the raft of bills governing U.S. nuclear funding and policy for the next fiscal year, but the early returns are not promising for the Bush administration’s program to develop a new nuclear warhead. Lawmakers say they want long-term nuclear plans before new weapons. (Continue)
  • Nuclear Minimalism
    Arms Control Today
    May 7, 2007

    A Review of The Minimum Means of Reprisal: China’s Search for Security in the Nuclear Age by Jeffrey Lewis. (Continue)
  • The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Weapons Complex and the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW)
    ACA Events
    April 19, 2007
    Transcript with remarks from Sidney Drell, Steve Fetter and Daryl G. Kimball
  • The Future of U.S. Nuclear Weapons: The Weapons Complex and the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW)
    Documents & Reports
    April 19, 2007
  • New U.S. Warhead Design Selected
    Arms Control Today
    April 2, 2007