Updated December 2024 Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs) were originally developed in the early 1960s to permit a missile to deliver multiple nuclear warheads to different targets. In contrast to a traditional missile, which carries one warhead, MIRVs can carry multiple warheads. For instance, a Russian MIRVed missile under development may be able to carry […]
Front and Center: August 26
An update on arms control, national security, and more from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation What’s News: Time is the Enemy in Halting North Korea Nuke Ambitions Center Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle spoke with The Cipher Briefabout North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. Coyle explains the progress of North Korea’s missile development and […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle’s Interview in The Cipher Brief
Read the full piece in The Cipher Brief here. North Korea’s July intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests have crossed a new capability threshold, allowing Pyongyang to potentially reach the continental United States. Further, U.S. intelligence estimates predict that North Korea now possesses the technology to miniaturize a nuclear warhead and place it on an ICBM. […]
Board Member Dr. Jim Walsh’s Op-Ed in Al Jazeera
Read the full op-ed in Al Jazeera here. This week, the United States and its ally South Korea began large-scale military exercises, and North Korea responded by threatening “merciless retaliation”. This follows Pyongyang’s recent back-and-forth over whether to strike Guam and President Trump’s warning that North Korea was facing a future of “fire and fury”. […]
National Advisory Board Member Leonard Weiss’ Article Published in Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Read the full piece in Bulletin of Atomic Scientists here. Put simply, spreading nuclear technology spreads the ability (in whole or in part) to make nuclear weapons, and the institutions created to sever this connection have shown they are not up to the task. Unless this situation is reversed, the problem of turning the recently […]
