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Stephen Young

Stephen Young is a senior Washington representative for the Global Security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.


Articles by Stephen Young

Artist's concept shows future ICBM blasting into sky

Another reason to cancel the Sentinel missile: the rising cost of its nuclear warhead

By Stephen Young | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
A US F-35A combat aircraft tests an unarmed B61-12 bomb in the Nevada Desert. Source: Sandia National Laboratory

Why the Biden administration’s new nuclear gravity bomb is tragic

By Stephen Young | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons
An unarmed Trident II D5LE missile is launched from a US Navy submarine

Can the US President stop a new nuclear weapon he doesn’t want?

By Stephen Young | Nuclear Weapons