Read the full piece here. Retired Lt. Gen. Robert Gard, who’s now a member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s national advisory board, said military options could mean taking out North Korea’s ability to launch its own strikes. North Korea has a massive amount of artillery just across the demilitarized zone that could […]
U.S. Chief Diplomat Rules Out Diplomacy
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s comments ruling out diplomatic engagement with North Korea and emphasizing military options are counterproductive to stopping North Korea’s nuclear advancement. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hazel Correa hcorrea@armscontrolcenter.org 202.546.0795 x2115 Washington, DC – Today, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson explicitly rejected negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program until Pyongyang […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle’s interview in New York Magazine
Read the full interview here. Atomic-weapons expert Philip Coyle was the head of nuclear-weapons testing under President Bill Clinton and an adviser to the Carter and Obama administrations. And as a scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California, he spent 30 years helping design both nuclear arms and the only anti-missile weapon ever […]
Executive Director John Tierney quoted in CNN
Read the full piece here. “North Korea is currently firing missile all over the country while South Korea and the US are conducting a series of joint exercises,” said John Tierney, the executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. “And both claim they are doing so pre-emptively, so it’s a very tense […]
Center Contributor Dr. Jim Walsh’s interview in The Cipher Brief
Read the full interview here. In the span of one week we have seen North Korea test four missiles, evidence of U.S. attempts to sabotage North Korea’s missile program with cyber capabilities, the deployment of the controversial THAAD missile defense system to South Korea, and China proposing that the U.S. give up joint military drills […]
