By Greg Thielmann

The 800 kilometer range arc for missiles from Seoul. Credit: Al Jazzera

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