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Memo to Trump: Cancel the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile

By David Kearn | Nuclear Weapons

The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee launches a Block V Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon's newest variant, during a three day missile exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sean Ianno)

Why the US fixation on increased nuclear capability won’t deter China but could lead to instability and nuclear war

By Andrew Facini | Nuclear Weapons

The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee launches a Block V Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon's newest variant, during a three day missile exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sean Ianno)

A new nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile: Just say no

By Robert J. Goldston | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

An unarmed Trident II D5LE missile is launched from a US Navy submarine

Can the US President stop a new nuclear weapon he doesn’t want?

By Stephen Young | Nuclear Weapons