The U.S. has for years lacked the means to mass produce plutonium pits, cores or triggers at the heart of modern nuclear weapons. That’s increasingly …
DOE Nuclear Security Leadership Falling Into Place
President Biden has nominated former Sandia National Labs Director Jill Hruby and nuclear weapons policy expert Frank Rose to take the top two …
After review, White House sees limits to North Korea diplomacy
… “grand bargain” to persuade the North to give up its nuclear weapons program. The administration said it would conduct the review soon after Biden …
America, the Afghan Tragedy, and the Subcontinent
A second consequence of the Afghan war, and the United States’ long … As Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program began to mature in the late 1970s, …
Why ‘The Mosquito Coast’ Was Harrison Ford’s Riskiest Performance
… his inventions causes him to be disillusioned with the American Dream and convinced that the nation will be buried by an upcoming nuclear war.
Does nuclear secrecy make us more secure? New book offers counterargument
Ars Technica: Why is there still so much interest in this period of US history? Alex Wellerstein: I think there is an inherent draw toward nuclear weapons …
Some progress in Iran nuclear deal talks — US State Dept.
The US reportedly stores dozens of B61 nuclear weapons at the air base for delivery by Turkish or American aircraft. If Turkey were to close the base, …
How China’s Nuclear Ambiguity Affects India
Furthermore, the SSAC’s key passages suggest scrapping of the NFU and threatening nuclear attack to deter conventional attacks against the …
The Best Monster Movies That Aren’t Really About Monsters
From a physical manifestation of nuclear war to a new embodiment of … mutated by nuclear testing, Godzilla is, essentially, a living atomic bomb.
Treat China as an Adversary, Not a Competitor
… our country, Soviet Cold War subversion of our institutions and its nuclear weapons buildup that still threatens to destroy us, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, …