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Author Archives: Daryl G. Kimball
NNSA Nuclear Weapons Budget Ignores Fiscal Realities; Congress Should Re-Examine B61 Project
By Daryl G. Kimball and Tom Z. Collina The Barack Obama administration’s fiscal year 2014 budget request proposes spending $7.87 billion for National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Weapons Activities, which would be an increase of $654 million, or nine percent … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear Weapons, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, Uncategorized
Tagged B61, budget, Nuclear Weapons
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NATO agrees on new arms control body
By Oliver Meier (BERLIN) On Feb. 8, NATO agreed on the mandate of a new arms control body. Allies tasked the “Special Advisory and Consultative Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Committee” to prepare a dialogue on confidence building and transparency … Continue reading
A First Look at the February 2013 IAEA Report on Iran
By Tom Z. Collina and Kelsey Davenport According to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) February 2013 quarterly report on Iran’s nuclear program, Tehran is continuing to develop its nuclear program and slowly enhancing its nuclear weapons breakout potential. While … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Non-proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Uncategorized
Tagged IAEA, IAEA Report, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, nuclear, P5+1 talks, uranium enrichment
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Obama Renews Commitment to Reducing Nuclear Weapons Threat
By Daryl G. Kimball Barack Obama’s State of the Union pledge to continue “to lead the effort to prevent the spread of the world’s most dangerous weapons” represents a renewal of the President’s commitment to pursue a step-by-step plan toward … Continue reading
Posted in CTBT, Iran, New START, Non-proliferation, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Uncategorized
Tagged Iran Nuclear, nuclear testing, Nuclear Weapons
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Defying Global Taboo, North Korea Conducts 3rd Nuclear Blast
By Daryl G. Kimball and Greg Thielmann The government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has apparently conducted its third nuclear test explosion, defying the explicit demands of the UN Security Council and the international community that it … Continue reading
Vote for the 2012 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year!
By the ACA Staff Since 1971, the Arms Control Association has promoted practical solutions to address the dangers posed by the world’s most dangerous weapons-nuclear, biological, and chemical, as well as certain types of conventional arms. Every year since 2007, … Continue reading
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Obama Underscores Need for Further Progress to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
By Daryl G. Kimball In his first foreign policy-related address since his reelection, on Monday Dec. 3 President Obama praised the architects of the highly-successful Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, he reaffirmed his commitment to the action plan toward a … Continue reading
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The November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its Implications
By Kelsey Davenport, Daryl G. Kimball, and Greg Thielmann The new quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program, which is now in circulation, finds that Tehran has continued to install more centrifuges for uranium … Continue reading
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Tagged IAEA, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Middle East, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, P5+1
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Mr. President, It’s Time to Move Forward on the Test Ban Treaty
By Daryl G. Kimball Following the November 2012 U.S. election, the prospects for achieving U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) have improved. Moving forward and gaining the necessary 67 Senate votes in support of ratification of … Continue reading
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No German pledge on nuclear-capable aircraft modernization
By Oliver Meier On September 5 the Berliner Zeitung reported that at the May 2012 NATO summit Germany had silently reneged on its goal to advocate withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from Germany and committed to spend 250 million Euro … Continue reading
