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A large suspected enrichment facility has been constructed at the Kahuta complex since 2014.

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Pakistan have in 2021?

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

Sen. Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks during a hearing in March on the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program. Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Credit: The Presidential Palace and Information Office (Russia). Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

North Korea restarted nuclear reactor for plutonium production, IAEA says

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Dove of peace. Street art in Berlin. Credit: Marko Kafé. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

We can’t prevent tomorrow’s nuclear wars unless we imagine them today

By Marina Favaro, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A choir of Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) sing

As atomic bomb survivors age, they’re motivating the next generation on disarmament

By Masako Toki | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Atomic Bomb Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Credit: Michael Helmer. Public domain image accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Opinion: In an era of climate change and COVID, Hiroshima reminds us of another existential threat.

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

How UNSCOM found and destroyed Iraq’s biological weapons

By Filippa Lentzos, Henrietta Wilson | Biosecurity

chemical-filled Iraqi mortar shells being scanned for leaks

The many lessons to be drawn from the search for Iraqi WMD

By Terence Taylor | Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

North Korea’s military parade on October 10, 2020

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does North Korea have in 2021?

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

J. Robert Oppenheimer. Credit: James Vaughn. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. Accessed via Flickr.

Four senators ask Biden to clear Oppenheimer’s name

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Maj. Gen. William F. Burns at the United States Army War College. Photo provided by the family and used with permission.

William Burns, behind-the-scenes advisor in US-Soviet nuclear talks, dies at 88

By Lawrence J. Korb, Arnold S. Kohen | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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 N. von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion