Intercept Test Of Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Will Guide GMD Future June 6, 2014 The troubled Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System program will “shortly” undertake an intercept test of its Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, according to the Pentagon’s director of missile defense policy. The intercept test will guide the Missile Defense Agency in deciding whether to focus on […]
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Adds Two New Directors: Lt. Gov. Newsom & Sen. Dorgan
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation announced two additions to its governance structure: California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom will join the Center’s Board of Directors and former Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will join the Center’s National Advisory Board.
The Hill Story on Nuclear Nonproliferation Cooperation Quotes Kingston Reif
Alarms sounded on Russia nuclear treaty Martin Matishak May 26, 2014 Lawmakers are sounding the alarm over Russia’s arms control commitments and introducing measures to ensure the White House keeps a close watch on Moscow. A provision in the Senate’s $514 billion fiscal 2015 defense policy bill would require the White House to more quickly […]
Experts React to NDAA Passage in the House
“The Rules Committee has refused to allow amendments that could potentially damage the ideological trajectory determined by House leadership and effectively created a guided democracy,” said Executive Director John Isaacs. “The Rules Committee forced Members to weaken amendments, only permitted recorded votes on their ‘winning’ amendments and refused to allow votes on amendments they thought could not be controlled.”
White House Earns “D”/HASC Earns “C-” on Nuclear Terrorism Prevention Funding
“President Obama has often stated that a mushroom cloud over Manhattan is what keeps him up at night but his budget request slashed hundreds of millions of dollars from critical programs that keep dangerous nuclear and radiological materials out of the hands of terrorists,” said Kingston Reif, the Center’s Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Programs. “Millions in cuts and poor planning will mean that key target goals to secure materials and protect facilities will slip.”
