Nuclear Risk

Introduction: The wasteful and dangerous worldwide nuclear modernization craze

By John Mecklin, January 2, 2019

In this issue, leading experts on the US, Russian, and Chinese nuclear modernization programs argue for reasonable ways that would limit what has been euphemized as “modernization” but actually constitutes a ritual squandering of national resources on weapons that can never reasonably be used.

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