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So you want to build a nuclear weapon: A nuclear engineer reacts

So you want to build a nuclear weapon? A nuclear engineer reacts to the topic, discussing the science and broader context ...
RealClearDefense

China’s Build Up of Nuclear Forces

China’s Build Up of Nuclear Forces with Warfighting Capabilities Threatens U.S. Defense Strategy in the Pacific China is ...
PBS

America's spies say Iran wasn't building a nuclear weapon. Trump dismisses that assessment

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress about Iran's nuclear program earlier this year. The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence ...
The Atlantic

Russia and America Are Rediscovering the Limits of Nuclear Weapons

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. Henry Kissinger often said that nuclear arms are “weapons in search of a doctrine.” After the Cold War ...
Cfr.org

The History of Nuclear Proliferation

Nuclear weapons pose an enormous threat to humanity. Since their first use, different leaders and organizations have been trying to prevent proliferation to additional countries. Despite their efforts ...
The Conversation

AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons

An AI model built by US tech company OpenAI has hacked into the Australian government healthcare portal, Medicare. The news, ...
The Conversation

The threat of nuclear weapons is greater than ever. Here’s how international law can help

The outlook for nuclear arms control is desolate in all three of its dimensions – risk reduction, non-proliferation and outright elimination. The important agreements of the past are dead or on life ...
War on the Rocks

Putting Armageddon on Autopilot: How Artificial Intelligence Could Make Nuclear Threats More Effective

Nine countries now possess nuclear weapons. Arms control agreements painstakingly built over decades have collapsed. Geopolitical competition is intensifying rivalries between nuclear-armed powers.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Pentagon’s secret plan: Reviving Cold War doctrines to lower the threshold for nuclear war

A new nuclear policy is taking shape in secret, crafted by a small group of Pentagon officials, that will give President Donald Trump more ways to start a nuclear war. Little is known about the ...