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Iranian Ballistic Missile Developments: Non-Barking Dog and Dead Monkey
By Greg Thielmann Iran’s unsuccessful attempt to launch a Rhesus monkey into space last month merits more mention than it has received in the press thus far, because of what it implies for U.S. nonproliferation objectives. The failure provides two timely … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Regions
Tagged Iran Space Launch Vehicle, Iranian Space Agency, Rumsfeld Commission
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More Collateral Damage from Missile Defense
U.S.-Russian negotiations on strategic arms reductions have demonstrated time and again that U.S. missile defense plans are an obstacle to negotiating lower levels of offensive nuclear forces. Security experts have been providing more reminders lately that in attempting to treat … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, India, Missile Defense, Regions
Tagged Missile Defense, MTCR, NATO, NATO 2010 Lisbon Summit, NPT
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Senator Inhofe, There You Go Again
By Greg Thielmann Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) has taken his tried and (un)true mantra about the Iranian ICBM threat on the road, according to recent reporting from his home state. In language nearly identical to his statement at a Senate … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Middle East, Nuclear Weapons, Regions, Uncategorized
Tagged Iran's Nuclear Program, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)
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The Right Stuff
By Greg Thielmann Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) proposed a plan this week for reducing the deficit that includes $79 billion in cuts from the U.S. nuclear weapons budget over the next ten years. In specifying the individual components of a … Continue reading
Posted in New START, Nuclear Security, Nuclear Weapons
Tagged New START, Russia-U.S., Sen. Tom Coburn
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Woolsey Misstates the Intelligence in Missile Defense Pitch
By Greg Thielmann I would like to second Sarah Palin in being “appalled and surprised” in reading the June 7 Foreign Policy article by R. James Woolsey and Rebeccah Heinrichs, “Giving Away the Farm.” But the reason for my reaction … Continue reading
Getting a Faster New START
By Greg Thielmann When traveling the interstate on a long car trip, it’s usually better to get up to maximum safe speed rather than creeping along at the legal minimum. Likewise, in order to achieve the full benefits of the … Continue reading
Posted in New START, Nuclear Weapons
Tagged ACA Annual Meeting, Minuteman III, MIRVed SS-18, New START, Russia-U.S., SS-19 ICBMs
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Whither Strategic Arms Control: Clues from Carnegie
By Greg Thielmann Last week’s 2011 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. provided some revealing perspectives on the challenges and opportunities ahead for future strategic arms control agreements between the United States and Russia. The dynamics of strategic … Continue reading
Emerging into the Light
By Greg Thielmann For more than a year, U.S. analysts responsible for monitoring Russia’s nuclear arsenal have been traveling through a long and increasingly dark tunnel. The sensitive information that had flowed out of Russia for years on strategic forces … Continue reading
Classified Session to Discuss New START: What Will Senators Likely Learn?
By Greg Thielmann, Senior Fellow, Arms Control Association The U.S. Senate will meet today in the historic Old Senate Chamber for a classified session on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. While we do not know exactly what will be … Continue reading
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