Szilard Advisory Board Member Jon Wolfsthal was quoted in WIRED. “My perception, based on 30 years of work on this, is that North Korea is paranoid that the United States is going to eliminate them,” says Jon Wolfsthal, a member of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation’s Szilard Advisory Board, and former special advisor […]
ICBM 101: What does North Korea need to do to strike North America?
Policy Analyst James McKeon was quoted in CTV News. But nuclear arms analyst James McKeon cautions that the precise nature of the latest North Korean test remains unverified. “If it truly is a hydrogen bomb… it would be a major development,” McKeon, of the Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation, told CTV News Channel. Read […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Interviewed on ABC Radio
Listen to the interview here. North Korea wants face to face talks with US: Expert on RN Breakfast Listen to the interview here.
Mattis: Use of tactical nuclear weapons discussed with South Korea
Policy Analyst James McKeon was cited in The Military Times. “However, it’s not the size that determines their tactical or strategic status, McKeon said. The bombs are tactical ― and not governed by the 2010 new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START treaty ― if they are delivered on a tactical aircraft, such as an F-16 or […]
No, We Cannot Shoot Down North Korea’s Missiles
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle was quoted in Defense One. “The success rate of the GMD systems in flight intercept tests has been dismal,” says former director of operational testing for the Pentagon, Philip Coyle. Read the full piece here.