After long resisting, the United States delivered ATACMS, which Ukraine’s president said were used successfully on the battlefield.
The U.S. Defense Department says nuclear, chemical, and biological threats have changed and increased significantly since 2014.
The House and Senate versions of the 2024 defense authorization act zero out the Biden administration request for R&D on the ARRW system.
China Continues Nuclear Buildup
Special report roll-out on the risks that artificial intelligence poses to nuclear decision-making and strategic stability, co-hosted by the European Leadership Network (ELN) and the Arms Control Association (ACA).
The first pre-induction night launch of the Agni-Prime missile on June 7 marks a significant development.
North Korea violated UN Security Council resolutions when it tried to launch its first military reconnaissance satellite, but the Council declined to take any action.
Some in Congress are pushing for higher funding for existing and new nuclear weapons programs, including for the development of nuclear-armed submarine-launched cruise missiles (SLCM-N). This would bring back a nuclear weapon type that the U.S. withdrew from service 30 years ago and retired a decade ago. (June 2023)
The decades-long effort to halt and reverse an arms race involving the world’s deadliest weapons may soon number among the casualties of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked invasion of independent, non-nuclear Ukraine and his increasingly reckless nuclear threats.