Published in DefenseOne on July 24, 2013 What Ash Carter Gets Wrong about Nuclear Weapons Spending Historically, cost has not played a decisive role in the United States’ nuclear weapons policy. For most of the nuclear age, money for the nuclear enterprise was viewed almost entirely in the abstract: $1 million was just a number […]

STRATCOM chief: Upgrades needed for nuclear weapon arsenal, Global Strike fleets By Brian Everstine July 24, 2013 The head of U.S. Strategic Command today urged an end to the gridlock that has delayed long-overdue upgrades to the nation’s nuclear arsenal and the aircraft fleet that protects them. “We find ourselves in a position today that […]

Washington Whispers: ‘Unprecedented:’ 128 Congressmen Say Obama Should Give Iran’s New President a Chance July 19, 2013 By Steven Nelson US News and World Report Nearly 30 percent of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter calling on President Barack Obama to give peace a chance with Iran’s new president, Hassan […]

Missile Defense Head Stands by Flawed Interceptor By Staff July 19, 2013 Missile Defense Agency head Vice Adm. James Syring on Wednesday defended the utility of the nation’s principal system for thwarting possible ICBM attacks, saying he believes that what caused a July 5 test failure is fixable. Syring confirmed that the launched Ground-based Interceptor […]

Rep. Ryan votes for ‘golden’ bomb By Keary Iarussi When the fallout cleared from the failure of a House amendment to a 2014 spending bill that would have eliminated a small amount of funding for yet another unrealistic, over-budget, and behind-schedule military program, I was surprised to see our own representative, Tim Ryan, among the […]