Policy Intern Deverrick Holmes wrote an op-ed for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about all the reasons why Ground-based Midcourse Defense deserves further review by Congress. The United States is no stranger to colossally bad ideas put forth in the name of security. The invasion of Iraq immediately comes to mind, or that time […]
Nuclear weapons: experts alarmed by new Pentagon ‘war-fighting’ doctrine
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke to The Guardian about a Pentagon document made public in error touting nuclear weapons. Alexandra Bell, a former state department arms control official said: “This seems to be another instance of this administration being both tone-deaf and disorganised.” Bell, now senior policy director at the Centre for Arms Control […]
Summary: FY 2020 Senate National Defense Authorization Bill (HR 1790)
Top Line Funding Totals Total funding: $750 billion (House Armed Services Committee level: $733 billion) $642.5 billion: Department of Defense discretionary base $23.3 billion: Department of Energy discretionary base $75.9 billion: Overseas Contingency Operations $8.4 billion: Other defense-related activities Select Nuclear and Related Weapons Programs A. Ohio Replacement Strategic Submarine (Columbia Class) $1.8 billion: […]
Seventeen years post-ABM Treaty withdrawal, where are we?
Today marks 17 years since the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. What’s happened since then? Nothing good!
Some Key Elements of House Armed Services Committee Draft FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 2500)
Note: source of material with only a page number from Strategic Forces Subcommittee mark – http://bit.ly/2KCDhco Source of other items from Chairman Adam Smith’s full committee mark available from Political Pro behind a paywall – http://bit.ly/2KCDmgc Nuclear Forces Prohibits funds for the deployment of W76-2 low-yield warhead (p.6) and cuts entire $10 million request […]
