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Artist's concept shows future ICBM blasting into sky

Rethinking the US strategic triad: When it comes to nuclear platforms, how many are enough?

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Time exposure showing the tracks of the missiles’ six dummy warheads, white-hot from air friction, arriving 8,000 km down-range near Kwajalein Atoll in the Western Pacific. The domes in the foreground house tracking telescopes. As a part of the post-Cold War reductions, the Minuteman IIIs were downgraded to one warhead each. Credit: US Air Force photos from National Security Archive and US National Archive collections respectively. Public domain image.

Biden should end the launch-on-warning option

By Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

A US Air Force commander simulates launching a nuclear weapon.

The United States would be more secure without new intercontinental ballistic missiles

By Frank von Hippel | Nuclear Weapons

Bruce Blair

Loose cannons: The president and US nuclear posture

By Bruce G. Blair | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Bruce Blair

Loose cannons: The president and US nuclear posture

By Bruce G. Blair

Arms control in outer space: The Russian angle, and a possible way forward

By Alexey Arbatov | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Six nuclear questions for the next president

By Henry Sokolski | Uncategorized