Upgrading B61 nuclear bomb doesn’t make sense By Jacob Bennett & Usha Sahay on June 22, 2013 In a recent interview, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander expressed his frustration with the out-of-control costs of nuclear weapons facilities. Asked about the increasingly expensive Oak Ridge Uranium Processing Facility, the senator told the News Sentinel’s Frank Munger: “I’ve […]
Could a nuclear-armed Iran be contained?
Published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Online By Kingston Reif Article summary below; read the full text here. On September 4, 1962, President John F. Kennedy released a statement in response to intelligence reports of a Soviet arms buildup in Cuba. Kennedy said the United States did not have evidence “of the presence of […]
Duyeon Kim Appears on World News Today Discussing North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test
Senior non-proliferation and East Asia fellow, Duyeon Kim, joins BBC World News Today to discuss North Korea’s third nuclear test. Watch the video here.
Philip Coyle Quoted by McClathcy-Tribune News on North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test
Scientists and security experts studying North Korea’s nuclear test on Tuesday believe the rogue nation is closing in on being able to place a nuclear weapon atop a missile and loft it at another country. That, all believe, immediately raised the stakes of the dangerous game the North Koreans have been playing for the past […]
Lobe Log Publishes Article by Laicie Heeley and Usha Sahay
Published in the Lobe Log Article summary below, click here to read full article. By Laicie Heeley and Usha Sahay After months of deliberation, Iranian negotiators and representatives of the 6-world power P5+1 negotiating team have agreed to meet on February 26 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Hopeful watchers may read some symbolism into the location: Kazakhstan […]
