Angela Canterbury, Executive Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, signed onto a letter urging congressional Armed Service Committees to consider changes to nuclear-weapons related provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act. Sep 30, 2014 Dear House and Senate Armed Services Committee Members: We are writing to make the following recommendations on provisions […]
Business Insider Publishes Post by Angela Canterbury and Sarah Tully on Obama’s Nuclear Weapons Reductions
Obama’s Mixed Bag on Nuclear Weapons By Angela Canterbury and Sarah Tully President Obama has long talked the talk of reducing the dangers of nuclear weapons, but the administration has been slow to walk the walk in terms of nuclear weapons reductions in recent years. A recent study by Federation of American Scientists pointed out […]
The Economist Story on Missile Defense Quotes Kingston Reif and Phil Coyle
The Unsheltering Sky As test flights go, FTG-06b was a dazzling affair. The mission was part of a programme called Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD), which is supposed to provide America’s main shield against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a range beyond 5,500km (3,418 miles). FTG-06b involved the launch (pictured opposite) on June 22nd from Vandenberg […]
Real Clear Defense Publishes Article on U.S. Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe by Kingston Reif
U.S. Nukes in Europe Are Useless…They’re also a distraction from pressing needs By Kingston Reif As the members of the world’s most powerful military alliance convene in Wales this week for the NATO Summit, much of the focus will be on taking steps to increase the capability, readiness, and responsiveness of NATO forces in the […]
The Air Force can’t hide from the cost of nuclear weapons
by Kingston Reif The leaders of the Air Force nuclear enterprise are fond of saying that nuclear weapons are relatively cheap. Few are as committed to disseminating this message as Major Gen. Garrett Harencak, the Assistant Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration. Harencak’s stump speech on nuclear weapons, which he gives frequently […]
