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Dragons, thrones, and nukes, oh my.

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former Sen. Richard Lugar in November 2013. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Senator Richard G. Lugar: An appreciation

By William Tobey | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay

United States nuclear forces, 2019

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

Dragons, Nuclear Weapons, and Game of Thrones

Dragons, nuclear weapons, and Game of Thrones

By Timothy Westmyer | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Russian nuclear forces, 2019

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

The inhumanity of nuclear deterrence

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Policy Talks from nstitute for International Science and Technology Policy at George Washington University

Nuclear Policy Talks: End of the INF

By | Multimedia, Nuclear Risk

Credit: Matt Field. Based in part on photo by vergreen CC BY-SA 3.0.

The rise and demise of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor

By Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

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This is not a drill: Lessons from the false Hawaiian missile alert

By Kristyn Karl, Ashley Lytle | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

A small rocket launcher. Credit: US Army via Wikimedia Commons.

Smarter US modernization, without new nuclear weapons

By Andrew Weber, Christine Parthemore | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle. Credit: US Navy via Wikimedia Commons.

French nuclear forces, 2019

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

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Pop Music and the Bomb

By Reba A. Wissner | Analysis, Personal Essay, Special Topics