Paul Castleman Fellow Sam Hickey spoke with Yahoo News about the IAEA’s recent tour of Iranian nuclear plants. Samuel Hickey of the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said Grossi’s tour of the two plants was “significant for both technical monitoring and symbolic reasons”. “Natanz serves as Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility, while Fordo houses […]
How Iran breached Israel’s air defence by overwhelming it with missiles
Paul Castleman Fellow Sam Hickey spoke with TRT World about the Iranian missile strikes on Israel. As the missile defence system came under the spotlight, security experts rushed to analyse its weak spots and how it was overwhelmed by the missile barrage. “Iran’s strategy of launching missile barrages is designed to saturate air defence systems and […]
How Iran may have breached the world’s best air defences
Paul Castleman Fellow Sam Hickey spoke with The Telegraph about the Iranian missile strikes on Israel. Israel and its US, UK and European allies were given sufficient time to ready themselves to deploy fighter jets and warships to help take down the Iranian barrage of drones and missiles. “This one was in relative terms more surprising,” […]
Trump has long promised a ‘beautiful’ wall. Now he’s pledging ‘the greatest dome ever.’
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with NBC News about missile defense and the feasibility of an “Iron Dome” defense system in the United States. “We’re seeing a lot of positive news on missile defense. It’s doing really good work on protecting civilians in Ukraine and Israel now,” said John Erath, a former National Security Council official who […]
Are Nuclear-Armed Nations Entering a New Arms Race in 2024? Experts Weigh In.
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Truthout about the dangers of nuclear weapons and arms racing in 2024. Despite this, John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, says “the possibility of nuclear war is very small,” but hastened to add that the catastrophic dangers and potential consequences of even “limited use” […]
