National Interest on MSN1d
U.S. Nuclear Defense Should Not Be So Costly
Instead of investing billions in outdated missile defense systems, why not move to a minimum deterrent doctrine?
The Cost of a Nuclear Arsenal
Responses to an article in the “At the Brink” series, raising doubts about a huge overhaul of U.S. nuclear capacity.
Business Insider23d
I toured the only nuclear missile submarine in the US open to the public. Take a look inside.
The USS Growler was once a top-secret US Navy submarine that patrolled the ocean's depths during the Cold War. Armed with nuclear missiles and ... class submarine program is projected to run ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists24d
The Energy Department just made one plutonium pit. Making more is uncertain
The two most recent developments illustrate a critical tension in the US nuclear weapons program: New pit production demonstrates ... Another reason to cancel the Sentinel missile: the rising cost of ...
Military.com28d
South Korean Leader Says North Korea Wants US Attention by Showing Off Nuclear Might
13 disclosure of the nuclear site showed Kim’s defiance of U.S.-led efforts to eliminate his advancing nuclear program ... to draw attention from the United States and the international ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN29d
US’ next-gen nuclear submarines suffer delay with costs soaring past $130 billion
Some of the challenges are systemic, as there are few skilled workers in the US capable of building nuclear ... production or ...
U.S. News & World Report29d
South Korean Leader Says North Korea Wants US Attention by Showing off Nuclear Might
South Korean Leader Says North Korea Wants US Attention by Showing ... likely stage major provocations like a nuclear test explosion and a long-range missile test, South Korea’s president ...
Sydney Morning Herald25d
‘Cat and mouse’: What we know about Iran’s secretive nuclear program
In these Explainers, journey with us ... program would not aim to produce warheads for ballistic missiles, a task that could take significantly longer than six months. Nonetheless, a crude nuclear ...
Business Insider29d
An Israeli strike on Iran could hurt the Harris campaign in its final stretch if gas prices soar
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran's massive ballistic missile strike ... Biden said the US wouldn't support Israeli strikes on sites related to Iran's nuclear program. Then, on Thursday, he ...
Salon28d
"Escalation dominance" and the new nuclear threat: We face more than 1,000 Holocausts
And our country accounted for 80 percent of the increase in nuclear weapons spending. The United States ... the cost-overrunning Sentinel system or upgrade the existing Minuteman III missiles.
National Interest on MSN18d
A Homeland Missile Defense Agenda for the Next President
The concern is not over a large-scale nuclear missile ... argument that the United States must have leak-proof defenses for ...
Yahoo News UK29d
An Israeli strike on Iran could hurt the Harris campaign in its final stretch if gas prices soar
Iran launched a massive ballistic missile ... US President Joe Biden has weighed in on discussions surrounding what Israel's retaliation could look like. On Wednesday, Biden said the US wouldn't ...