Senior Policy Director John Erath was quoted in The National Desk (TND) discussing the Pentagon’s push for American defense contractors to accelerate development of hypersonic weapons to compete with Russia and China. “As I understand the technologies involved, you have to fail a lot of times before you get it right,” said John Erath, senior policy […]
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Biden’s nuclear agenda in trouble as Pentagon hawks attack
Executive Director John Tierney was quoted in a POLITICO article about the recent ouster of Biden ally Leonor Tomero, who questioned the status quo on nuclear weapons. “Department of Defense insiders wanted nothing to do with anyone who wanted to carry forth Joe Biden’s views on nuclear modernization,” said former Rep. John Tierney, executive director […]
U.S. Navy Funds New Submarine-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile Biden Called “A Bad Idea”
Research Analyst Monica Montgomery was quoted in Forbes about the Biden administration’s decision to fund a new nuclear-armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, known as SLCM-N, in his fiscal year 2022 budget request. “Putting nuclear-armed missiles back on the conventional surface or attack submarine fleets of the Navy is a real cause for concern,” says Monica Montgomery […]
Op-Ed: Biden Should Sink This Proposed Nuclear Weapon
Research Analyst Monica Montgomery co-authored an op-ed in Defense One making the case against a new nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile. “President Joe Biden’s first real test of his commitment to reducing the role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security strategy and trimming the bloated nuclear weapons budget is imminent. The administration released an initial topline version of its […]
What the coronavirus can teach us about nuclear weapons
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Responsible Statecraft about lessons a pandemic can teach the United States about defense spending. Alexandra Bell, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said the coronavirus pandemic lays bare mismanaged national security priorities that assume a strong, well-equipped military is the key to security. […]
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