Missile Defense

In the next round of nuclear negotiations, the United States and Russia "need to pursue much deeper cuts in their nuclear stockpiles and agree to a lower level of launch readiness."  That's the argument that Bruce Blair, Victor Esin, Matthew McKinzie, Vakery Yarynich and Pavel Zolotarev make in "Smaller and Safer: A New Plan for Nuclear Postures," an article in the September/ October 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs. Read more >>

The Obama administration is pursuing a missile defense plan based on a system with questionable test records.  The New York Times reported on a technical critique of the SM-3 interceptor by Dr. Ted Postol of MIT and Dr. George Lewis of Cornell University recently published in Arms Control Today.   Read more >>

Get ready to dance. If you like the excitement of March Madness, you're going to love April. It will begin possibly the busiest four months in arms control history -- packed with a new Nuclear Posture Review, START Treaty, Nuclear Security Summit, and the Review Conference to the Nonproliferation Treaty. It is an unprecedented nuclear line-up. But before charging onto the court, let's review the game plan. Read more >>

The Heritage Foundation's film about nuclear threats, "33 Minutes", is a modern day Reefer Madness, the 1930s film on the descent into insanity and criminality of a group of marijuana smokers. Read more >>

President Obama sent National Security Adviser James L. Jones and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen to Moscow on Wednesday to clear the last hurdles to a new nuclear pact, but some observers worry that U.S. Read more >>