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May 1, 2019
Administration opens door to negotiations on new weapons, new partners.
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April 12, 2019Executive director Daryl Kimball reports on the public statement from distinguished U.S. and Russian experts calling on U.S. and Russian officials to get back to the arms control negotiating table, with the first order of business being agreement on a five-year extension of the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).
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April 1, 2019
Fifty years ago, shortly after the conclusion of the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the United States and the Soviet Union launched the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). Negotiated in the midst of severe tensions, the SALT agreement and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty were the first restrictions on the superpowers’ massive strategic offensive weapons, as well as on their emerging strategic defensive systems. The SALT agreement and the ABM Treaty slowed the arms race and opened a period of U.S.-Soviet detente that lessened the threat of nuclear war.
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April 1, 2019
Representative Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) discusses congressional oversight of U.S. nuclear commerce and his concerns about providing U.S. nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia.
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April 1, 2019
Keep Human Control Over New Weapons
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April 1, 2019
U.S. and Russian officials see no quick and easy extension to New START.
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April 1, 2019
Treaty-prohibited missiles to be tested after INF Treaty termination.
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April 1, 2019
New delivery vehicles and warheads are featured in fiscal year 2020 budget request.
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April 1, 2019
U.S. presses forward on funding autonomous weapons while not mentioning ethics of use.
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April 1, 2019
Germany Seeks Control for New Weapons