The bicameral Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group has drafted a letter reminding President Joe Biden of his pledge to limit the number and role of nuclear weapons as he finalizes his Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). It is critical that as many Senators as possible sign onto this letter. (January 2022)
Talks to restore the 2015 nuclear deal are ongoing, and have entered a critical phase. Amid talks, Iran tested a satellite launch vehicle and imposed sanctions on 51 Americans, raising tensions. The United States offered South Korea a specific license to trade with an Iranian entity, bypassing U.S. sanctions.
It is in the interest of both the United States and Russia to ensure that progress on new nuclear arms control arrangements does not fall victim to deep, and perhaps irreconcilable, differences.
On Jan. 3, the leaders of the five nuclear-armed members of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issued a rare joint statement on preventing nuclear war in which they affirmed, for the first time, the 1985 Reagan-Gorbachev maxim that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”
Public hints about the Nuclear Posture Review, to be released early this year, suggest President Joe Biden will not achieve his goal of reducing the U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons.
What nuclear weapons are really needed to deter adversaries? The unwillingness to confront the challenge of entrenched interests and ideas has locked the United States into a decades-long status quo.
As the United States and Russia contemplate new nuclear weapons reductions, the U.S. missile defense program stands as a complicating factor.
Russian, U.S. officials planned security talks for Jan. 10.
U.S. lawmakers authorized a $25 billion increase in annual defense spending to $768 billion.
The United Kingdom and the United States may now share naval nuclear propulsion information with Australia.
Congress in December failed to block the sale of air-to-air missiles to Riyadh.
Congress authorized the Biden administration’s 2022 budget request for the accelerated development of hypersonic weapons.
Congress authorized the Biden administration’s 2022 budget request for the accelerated development of hypersonic weapons.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts to three companies to develop hypersonic missile prototypes.
U.S. Halts HEU Exports for Medical Purposes