Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Undark about directed energy research. Academic researchers like Schamiloglu, though, are working on solving those problems. And according to Harrison and Richardson, the need for that kind of basic research is keeping directed energy funding stable. That’s not true of funding for other fields of science. “You look to where […]
Experts: Full nuclear weapons tests would backfire on US
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Defense News about President Trump’s comments to restart nuclear testing. At the time, said John Erath, the senior policy director for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, a global movement against nuclear testing was on the rise. The United States joined that effort in part because it did […]
Will Trump actually test nuclear weapons? Experts are ‘disturbed’ and urge clarification
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with ABC7 News about President Trump’s comments to restart nuclear testing. “If you’re talking about the testing of nuclear weapons, there are tests that are conducted called sub-critical tests, where you would make sure everything worked without actually setting off a nuclear explosion. It’s more like testing to make sure […]
How accurate is A House of Dynamite? Experts sort fact from fiction
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with The Times about “A House of Dynamite” and missile defense. John Tierney, the executive director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and a former nine-term congressman from Massachusetts, also praised the film’s accuracy. “It’s close enough that people should be concerned,” he said. “This has been a scam […]
Emails between University officials reveal efforts to downplay military applications of hypersonics
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker spoke with The Minnesota Daily about hypersonic missiles. “The logic goes that when you launch this hypersonic glide vehicle, it doesn’t have to go on the traditional long arching, 30-minute journey that intercontinental ballistic missiles take,” said Shawn Rostker, research analyst with the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Rostker said hypersonic technology […]
