Amid vocal Republican opposition to reports of nuclear weapons reductions during President Obama’s second term, it’s worth looking back on the history of nuclear arms reductions through the years, and the compelling reasons for continuing to pursue a smaller nuclear stockpile. I did a piece for PolicyMic putting the President’s plan in context.
Video of the Day: “Nukes of Hazard” edition
Yesterday, in a segment on North Korea’s third nuclear test, Jon Stewart and the Daily Show team tapped into the great power that is the Nukes of Hazard brand. The results are of course spectacular: Longtime readers will remember that this is not the …
North Korea’s new game
On Tuesday, February 12 (the night of Monday, February 11 in the U.S.), North Korea conducted its third nuclear test. While the test might seem like more of the same intermittent provocation from the “hermit kingdom,” there’s reason to believe that Nor…
North Korean Nuclear Test Raises Stakes in the Region
An artificial magnitude 5.1 earthquake was detected that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) said displayed “clear explosion-like characteristics.” It will take time to ascertain important elements of the test including the yield (or size) of the explosion and the nuclear material with which it was constructed.
Fact Sheet on the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
By Kingston Reif and Madeleine Foley Updated by Usha Sahay Cascade of gas centrifuges used to produce enriched uranium (DOE) PURPOSE OF FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY A fissile material cutoff treaty would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. Fissile materials, principally highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium, are the essential […]
