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September 13, 2019Following the end of the INF Treaty, the United States tests a ground-launched cruise missile, and Bolton is out as National Security Advisor. Meanwhile, a mysterious explosion occurs off the coast of Russia sparking nuclear concerns.
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September 5, 2019
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September 1, 2019
Everybody knows that nuclear weapons have been used twice in wartime and with terrible consequences. Often overlooked, however, is the large-scale, postwar use of nuclear weapons: At least eight countries have conducted 2,056 nuclear test explosions, most of which were far larger than the bombs that leveled Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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September 1, 2019
Risk reduction measures are needed more than ever as just one U.S.-Russian treaty limits the size of the two nations’ strategic nuclear arsenals.
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September 1, 2019
Russian opacity fuels speculation about a weapons test gone wrong.
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September 1, 2019
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Resigns
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August 27, 2019Despite official statements to the contrary, the conventionally-armed ballistic and cruise missiles now under development would contribute little to U.S. striking power in a conflict with Russia.
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August 19, 2019
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August 19, 2019
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August 16, 2019
In prepared remarks delivered at the Hudson Institute May 29, the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley, Jr., charged that “Russia probably is not adhering to its nuclear testing moratorium in a manner consistent with the ‘zero-yield’ standard outlined in the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).”
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August 8, 2019With U.S. withdrawal from the INF Treaty and New START extension "unlikely" despite support from senators, new Secretary of Defense Mark Esper urges new missile deployment to Europe and Asia. Meanwhile, the House and Senate NDAAs differ on how to handle Russian arms control.
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August 7, 2019
Without the INF Treaty—or new proposals from Washington and Moscow—creative and pragmatic solutions are needed to advance progress on nuclear disarmament.
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August 2, 2019
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July 27, 2019
Experts and resources available on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
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July 25, 2019
Testimony from Thomas Countryman, board chairman for the Arms Control Association, before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment.