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To reach an effective non-proliferation deal with Iran, the U.S must abandon zero enrichment of uranium as a requirement. Unless Trump is willing to show more flexibility and realism regarding the future of Iran’s nuclear activities, the United States will miss another opportunity to address Iran's growing proliferation risk.
An examination of recent cost estimates for space-based interceptor constellations highlights the key questions that need to be asked of the Trump administration's Golden Dome missile defense program.
Nuclear and defense strategists have long understood that the developing and deploying of strategic missile interceptors is ineffective against determined nuclear-armed adversaries because it could lead them to build more numerous and sophisticated offensive missile systems—at a relatively lower cost and more quickly—to overwhelm and evade missile defenses.
Pursuing the fantasy of national missile defense will cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars and will not work as intended.
At the age of 24, Garwin, a physicist, designed the 1952 Ivy-Mike nuclear explosion test that ushered in the first hydrogen bombs.
The agency is accepting public comments until July 14 on the impact of plans to produce plutonium pits at the Savannah River Site.
Some U.S. officials say the plan likely will reduce the capacity of the government to deal with the broad range of arms control and disarmament challenges.
The Trump administration’s plan to reach that total has left some congressional defense leaders dissatisfied.
The accusation came shortly before U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled further details of his ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system.
U.S. President Donald Trump voiced optimism about a possible Iran nuclear deal, but there still appear to be significant differences over the scope of the agreement.
Experts Adam Scheinman, Ulrich Kühn, and Toby Dalton weigh in.
Given the stakes for global safety and security, defenders of the NPT will need to insulate the treaty and shore up support.
There is an acute feeling that time is running out—that this is Europe’s last chance to stand on its own feet militarily.
Some of the disruption could lead to arms control talks with China or a nuclear agreement with North Korea but it could also drive South Korea or Japan to acquire nuclear weapons.
Trump administration officials have sent mixed messages about U.S. objectives for a nuclear deal with Tehran.