Read the full piece in the LA Times here. Philip E. Coyle III, a retired nuclear weapons design executive for the Energy Department and a former senior Pentagon official, said North Korea’s two-stage Hwasong-14 missile, which flew 45 minutes and reached an altitude of 1,850 miles in space in late July, is significantly smaller than […]
Board Member Richard Klass Quoted in The Hill
Read the full piece in The Hill here. “Kim needs to understand that he needs to give Trump a way down, and Trump needs to understand that he needs to give Kim a way down,” said retired Air Force Col. Richard Klass, now on the board of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. “I […]
Executive Director John Tierney Quoted in WIRED
Read the full piece in WIRED here. Two issues intertwine when Trump spouts off nuclear weapons without much strategic thought: escalation and credibility, both of which seem to be heading in the wrong direction. “A lie is a lie, and he’s proven to be the master of lies. But we’re not playing tiddlywinks here,” says […]
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell Interviewed by The National
Read the full interview in The National here. As the United States and North Korea trade fresh threats of military force, non-proliferation experts are increasingly concerned about conversation boiling over into a military confrontation that would bring what they believe would be “unmitigated disaster”. The National spoke to Alexandra Bell, the Senior Policy Director at […]
Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in KTOO News
Read the full piece in KTOO News here. Philip Coyle is skeptical the ground-base missile defense system can reliably do the job. “I’m not very confident. Not very confident at all,” Coyle said. Coyle is a former assistant defense secretary who was in charge of operational testing and evaluation at the Pentagon. He’s now a […]
