North Korea parades a KN-08 in April 2012. Experts believe it is a mock-up.
By Daryl G. Kimball and Tom Z. Collina
The Barack Obama administration's fiscal year 2014 budget request proposes spending $7.87 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Weapons Activities, which would be an increase of $654 million, or nine percent above the 2012 enacted level, and $300 million more than the Continuing Resolution for fiscal year 2013.
(Image Source: Missile Defense Agency - FTM-16 E2a Flight Test)
By Tom Z. Collina, Daryl G. Kimball, and Greg Thielmann
By Greg Thielmann
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on March 12, 2013.
George Shultz walking with President Reagan outside the White House in December 1986.
IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei (L) and UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Hans Blix (R) brief the UN Security Council on Iraq inspections March 7, 2003
By Greg Thielmann
By Kelsey Davenport
Ambassador Thomas Pickering speaks at an Arms Control Association event on Feb. 25 on what can be accomplished in 2013 in negotiations with Iran. Photo Credit: Jackie Barrientes/ACA
By Oliver Meier
A German Luftwaffe Tornado fighter-bomber capable of carrying nuclear gravity bombs.
By Tom Z. Collina and Kelsey Davenport
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) February 2013 quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program, Tehran is continuing to develop its nuclear program and slowly enhancing its nuclear weapons breakout potential. While this progress is troubling, Iran still remains years away from having a workable nuclear arsenal.
Robert Gallucci, former U.S. negotiator with North Korea at the 2013 Asan Nuclear Forum.
By Kelsey Davenport
