Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Foreign Policy about the legacy of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and the lessons we must still learn from the past. “The fact that we have made it 75 years without another nuclear detonation as an act of war is nothing short of a miracle,” said Alexandra Bell, […]
Multiple Reentry Vehicle Tests of Minuteman III Uncommon
Policy Analyst Geoff Wilson spoke with Defense Daily about a recent Air Force test of an unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile with three test reentry vehicles. “Since the United States does not MIRV its ICBMs, showing that it [the Aug. 4 test] is part of a standard pattern could allay any concerns that the United States […]
Op-ed: Goldsboro once almost became a Hiroshima. The US must keep reducing nuclear weapons.
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey published an op-ed coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima in the Raleigh News & Observer. Nearly six decades ago, in the skies over Goldsboro, North Carolina, two hydrogen bombs fell from a B-52 bomber. One bomb parachute deployed, one did not. Three out of four safety […]
Shifting the Nuclear Narrative
Paul Castleman Fellow Erin Connolly wrote for the Berkley Forum about the need to shift the nuclear narrative away from deterrence and toward disarmament. “Recent efforts to highlight the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons around the seventy-fifth anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki offered an alternative perspective to the traditional narrative that nuclear weapons ended World War Two, saved […]
Statement On the Passing of Bruce Blair
A statement from Executive Director John Tierney on the passing of Dr. Bruce Blair, co-founder of Global Zero: “We were saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Bruce Blair. He was one of the world’s foremost experts on nuclear weapons and an unapologetic, passionate advocate for their elimination. He challenged the status quo with […]
