Szilard Advisory Board member Jon Wolfsthal wrote an op-ed in War on the Rocks.  A new convention that tries to ban nuclear weapons and make it illegal to possess or use them was opened for signature on Sept. 20.  But you would be forgiven if you hadn’t heard about it, since none of the countries that […]

Policy Analyst James McKeon was quoted in The Root. “James McKeon, a policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation who focuses on North Korea, said it is very likely that Pyongyang has mastered warhead re-entry. Additionally, he said that the American public should be careful not to dismiss North Korea’s technological advancements and not […]

Board member Richard Klass was quoted in The Hill.  “Retired Col. Richard Klass, a board member at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the United States would have to send significantly more equipment to South Korea is the North attacked. As such, Klass predicted Kim would feign outrage about the move, but otherwise accept […]

Policy Analyst James McKeon was cited in Salon.  “According to James McKeon, a nuclear weapons analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, our tactical nuclear arsenal today consists of 500 B61 thermonuclear gravity bombs capable of being fitted with warheads as powerful as 340 kilotons all the way down to the less than […]

Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in the New York Times. “The DPRK would be taking a big risk — missile tests fail,” said Philip E. Coyle III, a nuclear scientist and former head of the Pentagon’s weapons testing. The live nuclear warhead could come down on a neighboring country, or if the missile […]