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New START Almost Goes Over the Cliff
By Tom Z. Collina and Daryl G. Kimball In all the last minute drama about whether the nation would fall off the ‘fiscal cliff,’ it went largely unnoticed that the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) almost took … Continue reading
The INF Treaty: 25 Years and Holding
By Greg Thielmann The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which was signed in Washington 25 years ago tomorrow, December 8, is legendary among arms controllers for its improbable outcome and the depth, pace, and duration of its accomplishments. With implementation … Continue reading
The New U.S. Defense Strategy: Toward A Smaller, Less Costly Nuclear Force
By Daryl G. Kimball and Tom Z. Collina This morning, President Obama and Defense Secretary Panetta unveiled their new defense strategy that is designed to yield some $450 billion plus in budget savings that must be achieved over the next … Continue reading
How to be a Budget-Minded Superpower
It’s not easy being a nuclear superpower at a time of tight budgets. The simple truth is that the United States cannot afford to spend over $400 billion on new strategic weapons over the next few decades. The Nation needs … Continue reading
Looking for defense cuts? Go nuclear
By Tom Z. Collina The following entry was originally posted on The Hill’s Congress Blog on August 2, 2011. As the dust settles on the just-passed budget deal, one thing is becoming clear: there is now high-level bipartisan agreement that … Continue reading
Posted in New START, Nuclear Weapons
Tagged Debt Ceiling, Defense spending, New START, Nuclear Reductions, Sen. Tom Coburn
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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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Sen. Kyl Laments Russian “Unilateral” Reductions?
By Tom Collina As ACA reported in a recent blog post, the State Department announced June 1 that Russia’s nuclear arsenal is already below the limits set by the New START treaty. Most people would say it’s a good thing … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, New START, Nuclear Weapons, Regions, Russia
Tagged New START, Russia-U.S., Sen. John Kyl
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Why Sarah Palin Is Wrong About Missile Defense Cooperation with Russia
by Daryl G. Kimball This week former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin parroted the misinformed critiques by Republican members of Congress and former CIA director James Woolsey about sharing missile launch data with Russia. In an entry on her Facebook page, … Continue reading
It’s Official: Russia Below New START Limits
By Tom Collina Observers of last year’s Senate debate on the New START treaty may be surprised to learn that Russia has already met most of its arsenal reduction obligations under the treaty. According to a State Department fact sheet … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, New START, Nuclear Security, Nuclear Weapons, Russia
Tagged New START, Obama Administration, Russia-U.S., Russia-United States, Verification
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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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