Executive Director John Tierney spoke with CNN about President Donald Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” system. In the Red Sea, the US has fired scores of multi-million dollar interceptor missiles at Houthi drones and missiles that cost a fraction of the price. The fiscal imbalance gets far worse when the system is in space, according to […]
New National Security
The Evolving Cyber-Based Threat: The Need for International Regulations to Avoid ‘Accidental’ Conflicts
By Gabriel Molini* While recent history has been marked by the overhanging threat of a nuclear holocaust, warfare continues to evolve and expand even beyond the deadliest weapons humans have ever created. It is simple to show the horror and damage caused by any potential use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), but it is […]
In the News: FMWG Member Ed Lyman argues new reactor may be unnecessary
FMWG Member Ed Lyman from the Union of Concerned Scientists wrote an article arguing that the Department of Energy’s plan to build a “Versatile Test Reactor” has failed to (a) properly assess the associated costs and (b) ascertain whether there is a legitimate need for this new reactor. The Department of Energy requested $10 million in its Fiscal Year […]
National Advisory Board Member Sen. Byron Dorgan’s op-ed in Defense One
Read the full op-ed here. Our two countries still work together on a few things. Securing dangerous nuclear materials should be one of them. Thanks to disputes over Ukraine, Syria, and elsewhere, the United States and Russia — the two countries that hold the vast majority of worldwide fissile material — have ceased nearly all cooperation that […]
Hiroshima: A Nuclear Past and Future
After weeks of speculation, it’s finally been confirmed: President Obama will make a visit to Hiroshima after the G-7 Summit later this month.