ARE WE DESTINED FOR A COLD WAR IN THE 21ST CENTURY? REGISTER NOW TO ATTEND OUR CONFERENCE REMOTELY Register NOW to attend the Center’s annual conference Tuesday, September 24, from the location of your choice. As a virtual attendee, you’ll be able to ask questions of our panelists and engage with other attendees as you hear […]

WHY CONGRESS SHOULDN’T FUND A NEW SEA-LAUNCHED NUKE It’s a $252 million missile system the U.S. Navy doesn’t even want, and that goes against sound military doctrine, so why does its funding keep getting brought back up for a vote in Congress? Senior Policy Director John Erath evaluates the (lack of) merit for the nuclear […]

SENTINEL MISSILE SYSTEM EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT At the beginning of this year, the Air Force reported to Congress that the program meant to replace the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), known as the Sentinel, was 37% over budget. That cost overrun triggered a review mandated by law aimed at determining whether […]

PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE SENTINEL MISSILE SYSTEM In recent weeks, we have been highlighting the costs and risks associated with the Sentinel missile. Although a long-planned element of U.S. nuclear modernization, vast cost overruns have raised serious issues as to Sentinel’s viability. The bicameral congressional Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group hosted a press […]

RUSSIA PREDICTABLY ESCALATES NUCLEAR RHETORIC; BIDEN ADMIN. SAYS RESEARCH SATELLITE LAUNCHED BEFORE WAR New reporting indicates that the Biden administration believes Russia launched a research spacecraft for an anti-satellite nuclear weapon shortly before invading Ukraine in 2022, though the satellite itself was not nuclear. This revelation comes on the heels of the administration’s increasing concerns that Russia […]