Watch Board Member Sharon Squassoni discuss how we can move the clock back on this panel of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
Fact Sheet: Fourth North Korean Nuclear Weapons Test
The Facts: On January 5, the state media of North Korea announced that Pyongyang carried out its first underground test of a hydrogen bomb. This was North Korea’s fourth nuclear weapons test and the first test since 2013. Experts are skeptical of North Korea’s claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb. The test created an […]
Reuters: Board Member Sharon Squassoni on North Korea
Why even a failed test makes North Korea’s nuclear arsenal scarier By Sharon Squassoni Read this post in Reuters Nuclear weapon tests are no longer a commonplace occurrence, so it’s always a little shocking when it happens. It may even be shocking to the country that conducts it – most recently, North Korea. The famously […]
Board Secretary Phil Coyle quoted in New York Times on North Korea
Comparisons Don’t Support North Korea’s Claims of a Hydrogen Bomb, Experts Say By William J. Broad Read this post in the New York Times Many nuclear experts, including Dr. Kim, Dr. Ford and Mr. Albright, suggested that the North Korean test might have involved putting a tiny amount of tritium, or heavy hydrogen, into the […]
How to Keep the Iran Deal Healthy, from Gen. Gard in Foreign Affairs
In his latest piece for Foreign Affairs, Center board chair Lt. Gen. Robert Gard uses lessons from North Korea to argue the U.S. must hold up its side of the bargain in the Iran deal.
