German Election Trends Point To Status Quo For U.S. Nukes In Europe July 17, 2013 New polls see German Chancellor Angela Merkel getting reelected in September, and that means another trans-Atlantic spat over U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe — including an overhauled B61 gravity bomb — is unlikely to come to pass anytime soon, […]

US Missile Defense Chief Backs East Coast Radars, More Interceptor Sites July 17, 2013 By Paul McLeary WASHINGTON — US Vice Adm. James Syring, director of the Missile Defense Agency, confirmed today that the controversial Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system failed to intercept a dummy rocket over the Pacific on July 5 because “the kill […]

Military Explains Missile Defense Failure July 17, 2013 By Peter Granitz The new director of the Missile Defense Agency Vice Admiral James Searing called the test an overall failure. The ground based missile defense system has a spotty record. The program has been around for decades. Critics dubbed it the “Star Wars program” when it […]

United States Remains Concerned About Nuclear Weapons By Valerie Insinna and Dan Parsons August 2013 The number of nuclear weapons in circulation worldwide has been slowly but steadily declining in recent years because the United States and Russia are scaling back their nuclear arsenals. Though fewer state-owned strategic warheads exist and the risk of global […]

In a Post-Cold War World, Uncertainty Surrounds Nuclear Triad By Valerie Insinna and Dan Parsons August 2013 The world is a very different place than it was in the 1950s, when the United States needed thousands of nuclear warheads and three ways to deliver them on target to keep the Soviet Union at bay. More […]