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Joel Dobson, a former officer who was in the Strategic Air Command in the 1960s, lives in North Carolina where a near-nuclear accident known as the Goldsboro Broken Arrow took place more than 50 years ago. Joel recently wrote...
America’s nuclear spending spree has sparked a dangerous new arms race. Over the next 30 years, the United States plans to spend $1 trillion on new nuclear weapons based on submarines, bombers and missiles. This plan increases the risk that Russia and China will follow suit, and that nuclear...
International inspectors last month verified that Iran has completed all its commitments under the historic nuclear accord. Iran’s once-feared nuclear complex has been largely dismantled. Not by force, but by diplomacy: it ripped out two-thirds of its centrifuges, gutted its plutonium reactor,...
As voters go to the polls in New Hampshire, we are reminded that President Obama’s time in office is coming to a close. But it’s not too late to take care of unfinished business. Nearly seven years ago, President Obama gave hope to tens of thousands gathered in central Prague, and to billions...
The Department of Defense plans to modernize all three legs (strategic bombers, ICBMs, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles) of the nuclear arsenal at once, while modernizing conventional forces as well. "Many weapons programs will be at or near their peak years of funding requirements at...
The deal is real. On Saturday, the International Atomic Energy Agency verified that Iran has completed all its commitments under the historic nuclear accord and sanctions were lifted. Iran has ripped out two-thirds of its centrifuges, neutralized its plutonium reactor, shipped out tons of...
"Rushing to talks with Pyongyang makes no sense and the political obstacles to getting there are great. But eventual engagement is imperative" -- a sober assessment from an author concerned not with reactive "make-us-feel-better" short term policy thinking, but rather long term strategy for...
The bad news is North Korea just tested another nuclear weapon, in flagrant violation of the global norm against such tests observed by all other nations since 1998.
On Democracy Now, Ploughshares Fund president Joe Cirincione suggests a question for thinking about US policy towards North Korea as it relates to their 4th nuclear weapons test: which is a better model -- the Iraq War or the Iran deal?
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James E. Doyle is an independent nuclear security specialist. From 1997 to 2014, he was on the technical staff of the Nonproliferation Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is also the recipient of Ploughshares Fund's Paul Olum...
Why think about nuclear weapons? Because the threat is real. A former CIA operative, a Hollywood actor, a mom and other Americans talk about why this issue is so important to them, and why they support Ploughshares Fund. You too can make a difference.
The horror and reactions to the Paris massacre have overshadowed a troubling new twist in the U.S.-Russian rivalry that could prove even more terrifying. Russian state media recently “accidentally” revealed plans for a bizarre new nuclear torpedo.
Kicking off a “Manhattan Project” for the new age, innovation hub N Square is bringing its Nuclear Pop-Up! lab to Chicago this week. Through a series of exhibits, game jams, workshops and prizes, Chicago innovators at the nexus of tech and...