By Emma Sandifer Do you ever wonder how nuclear weapons impact your own community? I did, so I spent one year mapping the footprint of nuclear weapons across our neighborhoods, and I was left surprised…and encouraged. In the spring of last year, I was named one of Ploughshares Foundation and Horizon 2045’s Nuclear Futures Fellows. […]
Nuclear Weapons
BONUS Episode: The Costs of False Security – Live Audience Question & Answer Session
What challenges do space lasers present? How does a network of Starlink satellites compare to the infrastructure required for Golden Dome? If Golden Dome were to be operational, what would U.S. nuclear policy look like and how could an adversary respond? In this BONUS episode of Nukes of Hazard, we return to our live annual […]
The Costs of False Security: The Fallacy of National Missile Defense, the Golden Dome and Nuclear Weapons in Space
Can national missile defense actually protect us? Can we justify its massive price tag? In this special episode of Nukes of Hazard, recorded live at our annual conference themed “$1 Trillion and Counting: The Pentagon Budget Squeezing Our Real Security,” experts Andrew Facini, Joe Cirincione, Dr. Laura Grego, and Clayton Swopes take on misguided ideas […]
$1 Trillion and Counting: A Deep Dive Into the Pentagon Budget
This year, the Trump administration asked Congress for nearly $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon and nuclear weapons in its annual President’s Budget Request — a huge increase over last year’s already massive request. This is a number that 59% of people believe is too high, according to recent polling from ReThink Media and the Costs […]
81 years after first atomic test, AI increases nuclear risks
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Anadolu Ajansı about increasing nuclear arsenals worldwide. “Most leaders in most countries now feel like the world is becoming a less safe place,” John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Anadolu. “And more leaders are thinking that military means are the best way […]
