By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow In U.S. military lingo, a “broken arrow” refers to a incident involving the loss of a nuclear weapon. Here, we’re bringing you the nuclear weapons news that’s been ‘lost’ in the last week. China China announces that it has conducted more than 30 anti-aircraft drills in South China Sea On […]
Differences Between House and Senate FY 2019 NDAA on Major Nuclear Provisions
View/download as PDF Topline President’s Request House Approved Senate Approved Department of Defense base budget $617.1 billion $616.7 billion $617.6 billion Atomic Energy Defense Programs $21.6 billion $22.1 billion $21.6 billion Overseas Contingency Operations $69 billion $69 billion $68.5 billion Other Spending $8.3 billion $9.2 billion $8.2 billion Total $716.0 billion $717.0 billion $715.9 […]
Blog: Scoville Fellow Luisa Kenausis covers the MOX Debacle and Uncertain Future
Luisa Kenausis, a Scoville Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation highlights the MOX debacle. Kenausis explains, “If and when MOX dies for good, the United States has two important challenges to address: Congress must approve and authorize funds to pursue the dilute-and-dispose method of plutonium disposition; and efforts must be made to amend […]
Analyst: U.S.-North Korea relations go beyond warhead count
Policy Analyst James McKeon spoke with UPI about what North Korea’s promise to denuclearize means, realistically. Not only does North Korea’s authoritarian regime have time to spare, any approach to “complete denuclearization” would be protracted, which makes the process challenging, says James McKeon, a policy analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation in […]
Broken Arrow News: Week of June 10
By Luisa Kenausis, Scoville Fellow In U.S. military lingo, a “broken arrow” refers to a incident involving the loss of a nuclear weapon. Here, we’re bringing you the nuclear weapons news that’s been ‘lost’ in the last week. China Showdown in the South China Sea: United States flies nuclear-capable bombers In the tense South China […]
