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A Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile carried by a MiG-31K. Photo credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office

Why the alarm over Russia’s use of hypersonic missiles in Ukraine is misplaced

By Andrew W. Reddie | Disruptive Technologies, Missile Defense

The A1 Verse: Opposites attract

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

The 2020 nuclear landscape, in the shadow of a pandemic

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk

Illustration depicting a hypersonic missile

Hypersonic missiles: Why the new “arms race” is going nowhere fast

By Andrew W. Reddie | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons

US Advanced Hypersonic Weapon test

Hypersonic missiles: Three questions every reader should ask

By Ivan Oelrich | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

US missile tests. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain.

Strangelove redux: US experts propose having AI control nuclear weapons

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons

Seeking a path toward missile nonproliferation – A Turkish response

By Sitki Egeli | Nuclear Risk

Going too fast: Time to ban hypersonic missile tests?: A US response

By Mark Gubrud | Nuclear Risk

Going too fast: Time to ban hypersonic missile tests?: A Chinese response

By Tong Zhao | Nuclear Risk

Going too fast: Time to ban hypersonic missile tests?: An Indian response

By Rajaram Nagappa | Nuclear Risk