By John Erath The Biden administration is currently completing work on its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) which is the set of policies that will guide how the U.S. nuclear force is structured and oriented for the next several years. The NPR will deal with a number of important issues, among them the fate of several […]
Is There Light at the End of the Iran Nuclear Tunnel?
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey was quoted in a WhoWhatWhy article discussing the potential revival of the Iran nuclear deal. “The key benefit of the JCPOA is simply that it would allow the international community to determine if Iran were pursuing a nuclear bomb with enough time to be able to come up with a diplomatic […]
China, Russia advancing hypersonic weapons raises concerns at Pentagon
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 […]
The U.S. Nuclear Inventory
At its peak, the United States had more than 31,000 nuclear weapons in its stockpile. Now, thanks to various arms control agreements and unilateral reductions, the United States has a total inventory of around 5,428 nuclear warheads.
Hidden Dangers of the Ukraine Crisis
By John Erath In a previous post, I argued that Russia was using nuclear deterrence to enable its aggression against Ukraine. Over the last six weeks, tensions have not subsided, with Putin making demands that would alter the rights of sovereign states to determine their own security and western governments warning of consequences should Russia […]
