Nuclear Weapons
The Department of Energy Just Completed Life Extension on a Key Nuclear Weapon
Even one of the greatest weapons of mass destruction has what could be described as a “shelf life.” On Tuesday, the United States Department of Energy announced that its National...
B61-13: This U.S. Nuclear Weapon Will Carry 360 Kilotons of Pure Destruction
On Friday, the Department of Defense announced a new effort to field an updated and even more powerful variant of the B61 series nuclear bomb currently in service. This new...
U.S. Arms Control Policy Needs More Strategic Thinking
On February 4, 2026, the New Start Treaty (NST) will expire. When it does, there will be no formal restrictions on either the American or Russian nuclear arsenals. Due to...
(Radiological) War by Other Means: A Dirty Bomb in Ukraine?
Fear is mightier than the sword, and few things stoke fear like a dirty bomb. So, it should have come as no surprise when Russia accused Ukraine of building a...
Pentagon Scraps Submarine Nuclear Cruise Missile Program
The U.S. Department of Defense has decided to ax the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile, known as the SLCM-N, instead opting to refurbish current stockpiles of nuclear weapons and rely on...
Belarus Panics Over Alleged U.S.-Poland Nuclear Proposal
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus claimed on Thursday that he regarded a proposed agreement between Poland and the United States on the deployment of nuclear weapons to NATO’s eastern flank...
Why North Korea’s Next Nuclear Test Matters
Following the launch of a long-range North Korean missile that flew over Japanese territory, concerns are rising that Pyongyang will soon carry out its seventh nuclear test. Such a provocation...
UN Chief: The World Must Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called for the end of “nuclear blackmail” in a speech on Monday, as international tensions ratcheted up over Russia’s escalating war in Ukraine, according to...
UN Chief Slams ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ Amid Russian Threats
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his advocacy for the abolition of nuclear weapons on Monday, claiming in a speech that threats of their use were increasing—a statement interpreted as...
The Case for a South Korean Nuclear Bomb
Nuclearization has long been a taboo inside the South Korean government. When analyzing arguments against South Korea’s development of independent nuclear weapons, it becomes clear that they have overlooked or...
Can the World Defuse the Threat of Nuclear War?
During the Cold War, millions of people went to bed every night terrified of a nuclear conflict breaking out. However, since the implosion of the Soviet Union, the world has...
Will Russia Bring Belarus Under Its Nuclear Umbrella?
The Russo-Ukrainian War has lowered the nuclear threshold, with Moscow continuing to make threats about the possible use of nuclear weapons in the conflict. In June, the nuclear threshold might...