Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Las Vegas Review-Journal about the role of Nevada in the U.S. nuclear arsenal and increasing nuclear tension surrounding possible testing efforts in Russia. John Erath, senior policy director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said Russia’s decision is a strategy to push Western countries’ influence out […]
The Latest Nuclear Boondoggle?
By Connor Murray The Pentagon recently announced plans to develop a new variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, the B61-13. This proposed bomb would, as the name suggests, be the 13th variant of the B61 and “provide the President with additional options against certain harder and large-area military targets.” The weapon would be delivered […]
The China Dilemma
By John Erath Earlier this year, for the first time since the Cold War, it was announced that the total number of nuclear weapons in the world rose in 2022. Largely, the reason for the increase was China’s rapid construction of additional weapons. Although the United States and Russia are undergoing modernizations of their nuclear […]
US, NATO Follow Russia in Dropping Out of Europe Arms Treaty
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with VOA about Russian suspension of Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). “Russia stopped implementing the CFE treaty way back around 2007,” John Erath, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told VOA. “So, the implications are pretty much zero. … The treaty has been […]
Russian Official Issues Nuclear Weapons Warning After Historic Achievement
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Newsweek about Russian assertions that Russia is ahead in the “nuclear domain”. John Erath, the senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Newsweek that Patrushev’s boastfulness is akin to “that kid on the playground who always had to believe he or she had it better […]
