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January 19, 2022
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)
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January 19, 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.
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January 12, 2022
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.
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January 11, 2022
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.”
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January 11, 2022
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.
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January 11, 2022
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.
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January 11, 2022
As the United States and Russia contemplate new nuclear weapons reductions, the U.S. missile defense program stands as a complicating factor.
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January 11, 2022
Russian, U.S. officials planned security talks for Jan. 10.
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January 11, 2022
U.S. lawmakers authorized a $25 billion increase in annual defense spending to $768 billion.
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January 11, 2022
The United Kingdom and the United States may now share naval nuclear propulsion information with Australia.
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January 11, 2022
Congress in December failed to block the sale of air-to-air missiles to Riyadh.
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January 11, 2022
Congress authorized the Biden administration’s 2022 budget request for the accelerated development of hypersonic weapons.
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January 11, 2022
Congress authorized the Biden administration’s 2022 budget request for the accelerated development of hypersonic weapons.
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January 11, 2022
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded contracts to three companies to develop hypersonic missile prototypes.
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January 11, 2022
U.S. Halts HEU Exports for Medical Purposes