Nukes of Hazard Podcast Decertifying Without Cause: Citing no substantive evidence, President Trump announced that he would not certify the Iran nuclear agreement, setting up a 60-day window for Congress to potentially re-impose nuclear-related sanctions against Iran. This episode dives into why Congress should do what it does best — nothing — with Tess Bridgeman, […]
North Korea’s Plenty Scary Without an Overhyped EMP Threat
Senior Science Fellow Phil Coyle was quoted in Wired explaining why he believes the threat of EMP is overhyped. “The fact that North Korea has tested a larger yield nuclear weapon than before is of concern because of the yield of the nuclear weapon, not because of EMP,” says Philip Coyle, a senior science fellow […]
Nuclear Terrorism: A Real and Preventable Threat
By Anna Schumann I can’t say I’d ever spent too much time thinking about nuclear terrorism before former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry’s class on the issue. I have spent most of my life in America, so the alarming scenarios that clutter my mind typically involve a mass shooting on the public transit I […]
Congressional Budget Office Report Estimates Shocking Cost of Nuclear Modernization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Anna Schumann 202.546.0795 #2115 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORT ESTIMATES SHOCKING COST OF NUCLEAR MODERNIZATION Non-Proliferation Expert Calls $1.2T Sum ‘Staggering;’ Says Unnecessary Spending Draws Critical Resources from Other Pressing Military Priorities (OCTOBER 31, 2017 — WASHINGTON) Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report showing the 30-year cost of nuclear […]
Black Saturday: Lessons from the Brink
By Meyer Thalheimer Last week at the Ploughshares event, “Nuclear Weapons Policy in a Time of Crisis,” former Secretary of Defense William Perry was asked to reflect on his memories of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During the crisis, he was analyzing Russian missiles to assist U.S. intelligence capabilities. “I believed then that every day that […]