On March 20, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and long-time Center contributor Dr. Jim Walsh took to Facebook to discuss the current situation in North Korea, the threat North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missiles programs pose to the United States and its allies, analyze the current U.S. policy toward North Korea and possible […]
Fact Sheet: Global Nuclear Weapons Inventories in 2017
Unless otherwise specified, all information in this chart comes from Kristensen’s and Norris’s Status of World Nuclear Forces 2017 CHART: Global Nuclear Weapons Inventories 2017 Deployed Non-deployed Retired Total United States[i] ~1,740a ~2,260 ~2,800 ~6,800 Russia[ii] ~1,950a ~2,350 ~2,700 ~7,000 France ~280 ~10 * ~290 United Kingdom ~120 ~95 * ~215 China 0 […]
Policy Analyst James McKeon on Voice of America
To watch the video, click here, and to read the article click here. Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation policy analyst James McKeon spoke to Voice of America (VOA) News on Secretary Rex Tillerson’s comments on North Korea. McKeon recommended direct talks without preconditions with North Korea. To watch the video, click here, and to […]
Center Contributor Dr. Jim Walsh on Fox News
Watch the video here. MIT expert and Center contributor Dr. Jim Walsh spoke to Fox News about Secretary Tillerson’s visit to Asia and his comments on North Korea. Watch the video here.
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle and Scoville Fellow Bernadette Stadler’s op-ed in The Hill
Read the full op-ed here. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), the ballistic missile defense system that the United States recently began constructing in South Korea, is intended to protect the South from North Korean aggression. Instead, it is likely that the system will antagonize China — whose cooperation will be necessary to defuse tensions […]
