Read the full piece in the LA Times here. Philip E. Coyle III, a retired nuclear weapons design executive for the Energy Department and a former senior Pentagon official, said North Korea’s two-stage Hwasong-14 missile, which flew 45 minutes and reached an altitude of 1,850 miles in space in late July, is significantly smaller than […]
THAAD: A Band-Aid for Potential Bullet Wounds
On July 30, 2017, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced it conducted a successful test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The test came in the wake of another successful test of THAAD held just weeks before, and after reports that the South Korean government will proceed with further deployment of the […]
Board Member Richard Klass Quoted in The Hill
Read the full piece in The Hill here. “Kim needs to understand that he needs to give Trump a way down, and Trump needs to understand that he needs to give Kim a way down,” said retired Air Force Col. Richard Klass, now on the board of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. “I […]
Nukes of Hazard Podcast
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation has launched a podcast – Nukes of Hazard. It’s a 15-minute bi-weekly roundup of the most important nuclear news and some lesser known stories on weapons of mass destruction history. Decertifying Without Cause Download the podcast on SoundCloud. Also available on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher. Citing no substantive […]
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in WIRED
Read the full piece in WIRED here. Two issues intertwine when Trump spouts off nuclear weapons without much strategic thought: escalation and credibility, both of which seem to be heading in the wrong direction. “A lie is a lie, and he’s proven to be the master of lies. But we’re not playing tiddlywinks here,” says […]