By Greg Thielmann
The Department of State released today the latest data exchange for the systems limited by the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Under the provisions of the treaty, the two parties are obligated to exchange data in three categories of strategic forces every six months. The fact of the data exchange reflects well on the parties and on the treaty, but the contents tell a different story.
By Tom Z. Collina
How much confidence would you demand in a missile interceptor system before paying $25 billion for it? When asking your advisers if the system would work against nuclear-armed ballistic missiles and they say "it depends" on things out of your control, how much confidence would you have in the system's ability to protect the United States?
By Daryl Kimball, Greg Thielmann, and Kelsey Davenport
Prime Minister Netanyahu Speaking at the UN General Assembly Sept. 27, 2012Photo Credit: Reuters
Ashton and Jalili in Moscow in June 2012Photo Credit: AFP
By Kelsey Davenport
Iranian President Ahmadinejad looking at a fuel rod at Iran's research reactor (Image source: The Guardian).
By Greg Thielmann
By Oliver Meier
The Büchel military base in southern Germany where some U.S. tactical nuclear weapons are stored.
By Greg Thielmann and Kelsey Davenport
The IAEA Board of Governors Meeting in September 2012
Photo Credit: IAEA
By Tom Z. Collina A report by the National Research Council (NRC) released today finds that the US Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) system deployed Alaska and California has "shortcomings" so serious that it recommends the system be completely redesigned, rebuilt and retested. The US taxpayer has spent over $33 billion on the current GMD, according to the report, which was funded by the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency.
By Kelsey Davenport
Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and Iranian President Ahmadinejad.Photo Credit: FARS
Note: correction on Fordow centrifuge totals (3pm, Aug. 30) By Tom Z. Collina and Daryl G. Kimball The IAEA's latest quarterly report on Iran, now in circulation, finds that Tehran has installed more machines for uranium enrichment in its Fordow underground facility, but has not started to use them. This means that Iran has not significantly increased its rate of enrichment at this facility since the IAEA's previous report from May.
