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Trump wants denuclearization and a ‘Golden Dome.’ He can’t have both

By Celia McDowall, Ankit Panda | Nuclear Weapons

Hypersonic weapons are mediocre. It’s time to stop wasting money on them.

By David Wright, Cameron Tracy | Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons

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

Making sense of North Korea’s recent ICBM and (possible) nuclear tests

By Seiyeon Ji, Victor Cha | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) pose for press ahead of the US-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange, in Geneva on June 16, 2021. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The day after the Ukraine war

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Interview: Rob Latiff on the worsening international security situation in space

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A Defense Department graphic depicts the Ballistic Missile Defense System architecture. Credit: US Defense Department.

Biden should guide missile defense his own way

By Ivanka Barzashka | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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Why does missile defense still enjoy bipartisan support in Congress?

By Subrata Ghoshroy | Missile Defense, Nuclear Risk

Cool your jets: Some perspective on the hyping of hypersonic weapons

By Ivan Oelrich | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Cool your jets: Some perspective on the hyping of hypersonic weapons

By Ivan Oelrich

Current homeland missile defense architecture. (UEWR = upgraded early warning radar.)

US ballistic missile defenses, 2019

By Matt Korda, Hans M. Kristensen | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

The entwined Cold War roots of missile defense and climate geoengineering

By Jürgen Scheffran | Climate Change

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