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  • Backgrounder posted January 27, 2012 by Baker Spring, Michaela Bendikova Time to Modernize and Revitalize the Nuclear Triad

    Abstract: The U.S. nuclear triad of heavy bombers, intercontinental-range ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) is aging. The nuclear testing moratorium, which has reached nearly two decades, and the required reductions under New START are magnifying questions about the U.S. nuclear arsenal’s reliability. These growing questions will eventually… Read more

  • WebMemo posted April 13, 2005 by Baker Spring, Kathy Gudgel The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

    There has been considerable debate over nuclear weapons research programs-such as the Modern Pit facility, Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, Enhanced Test Readiness, and Advanced Concepts-in the wake of Congress's decision to cut their funding. Although it is unclear whether funding will be restored, some members of Congress are clearly unwilling or unable to understand the… Read more

  • Lecture posted October 4, 2006 by Baker Spring Weapons of Mass Destruction: Current Nuclear Proliferation Challenges

    (Delivered September 26, 2006) The challenge to the national security of the United States posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and nuclear weapons in particular, along with the related challenge presented by terrorism, should be of supreme concern to Congress. Thus, this is a timely and… Read more

  • WebMemo posted December 7, 2011 by Baker Spring Seeking the Right Balance in U.S.–Russia Missile Defense Cooperation

    Section 1228 of the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540), sponsored by Representative Mo Brooks (R–AL), would impose an absolute ban on sharing sensitive missile defense technology with Russia, including the technology for performing hit-to-kill intercepts of attacking ballistic missiles. On the… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted May 3, 2011 by Baker Spring Sixteen Steps to Comprehensive Missile Defense: What the FY 2012 Budget Should Fund

    Abstract: The U.S. missile defenses are not keeping pace with the proliferation of threats. The Obama Administration has made massive cuts in the missile defense programs, cancelled promising programs, disappointed allies by pulling out of joint programs, and negotiated an arms reduction treaty with Russia that imposes sweeping restrictions on… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted June 9, 2011 by Jack Spencer H.R. 1280 Amendment to the Atomic Energy Act: Doing More Harm than Good

    Abstract: H.R. 1280—a new bill currently before the House of Representatives—is intended to ensure that America’s commercial nuclear exports do not lead to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Designed as an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the bill has a laudable… Read more

  • Lecture posted February 14, 2007 by Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D. North Korea Nuclear and Missile Issues: What's the Solution?

    Delivered on February 13, 2007 With the Six-Party Talks just concluding in Beijing, it certainly is a good time to discuss North Korea. We are fortunate indeed that, as always, the Institute for Corean-American Studies is focusing Washington's attention on a grave matter that… Read more

  • Lecture posted September 18, 2007 by Lisa Curtis Keeping Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons Out of the Hands of Terrorists

    Delivered June 27, 2007 The potential for the intersection of terrorism and nuclear weapons is arguably the greatest threat to American national, even global, security. As the U.S. seeks to deter the possibility of terrorists gaining access to nuclear weapons, it must consider carefully its policies toward Pakistan. The results of investiga­tions into Pakistani nuclear scientist… Read more

  • Testimony posted March 10, 2011 by Bruce Klingner North Korea – a Multi-Faceted Threat to Peace and Stability

    Testimony beforeCommittee on Foreign AffairsUnited States House of RepresentativesMarch 10, 2011 My name is Bruce Klingner. I am Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted September 21, 2010 by Baker Spring An Alternative to New START

    Abstract: Finding an effective alternative to New START should begin by recognizing that today’s world of emerging new independent nuclear weapons powers demands a different concept of strategic deterrence than the retaliation-based deterrence of the Cold War. An effective alternative could be negotiated as a follow-on treaty to the Moscow… Read more

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  • Backgrounder posted January 27, 2012 by Baker Spring, Michaela Bendikova Time to Modernize and Revitalize the Nuclear Triad

    Abstract: The U.S. nuclear triad of heavy bombers, intercontinental-range ballistic missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) is aging. The nuclear testing moratorium, which has reached nearly two decades, and the required reductions under New START are magnifying questions about the U.S. nuclear arsenal’s reliability. These growing questions will eventually… Read more

  • WebMemo posted December 7, 2011 by Baker Spring Seeking the Right Balance in U.S.–Russia Missile Defense Cooperation

    Section 1228 of the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 1540), sponsored by Representative Mo Brooks (R–AL), would impose an absolute ban on sharing sensitive missile defense technology with Russia, including the technology for performing hit-to-kill intercepts of attacking ballistic missiles. On the… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted June 9, 2011 by Jack Spencer H.R. 1280 Amendment to the Atomic Energy Act: Doing More Harm than Good

    Abstract: H.R. 1280—a new bill currently before the House of Representatives—is intended to ensure that America’s commercial nuclear exports do not lead to the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Designed as an amendment to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the bill has a laudable… Read more

  • WebMemo posted May 26, 2011 by Baker Spring U.S. Should Reject Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    The United States Senate voted to reject ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) on October 13, 1999. This determinate action by the Senate should have marked the end of consideration of the treaty by the U.S. Nevertheless, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted May 3, 2011 by Baker Spring Sixteen Steps to Comprehensive Missile Defense: What the FY 2012 Budget Should Fund

    Abstract: The U.S. missile defenses are not keeping pace with the proliferation of threats. The Obama Administration has made massive cuts in the missile defense programs, cancelled promising programs, disappointed allies by pulling out of joint programs, and negotiated an arms reduction treaty with Russia that imposes sweeping restrictions on… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted September 21, 2010 by Baker Spring An Alternative to New START

    Abstract: Finding an effective alternative to New START should begin by recognizing that today’s world of emerging new independent nuclear weapons powers demands a different concept of strategic deterrence than the retaliation-based deterrence of the Cold War. An effective alternative could be negotiated as a follow-on treaty to the Moscow… Read more

  • Special Report posted July 26, 2010 by Nuclear Stability Working Group Nuclear Games II: An Exercise in Examining the Dynamic of Missile Defenses and Arms Control in a Proliferated World

    Ballistic Missile Defense Technical Studies Series Study 5 This study is part of a series of technical reports commissioned by The Heritage Foundation to examine programmatic issues related to ballistic missile defense. Since the George W. Bush Administration withdrew the United States from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty… Read more

  • WebMemo posted April 13, 2005 by Baker Spring, Kathy Gudgel The Role of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

    There has been considerable debate over nuclear weapons research programs-such as the Modern Pit facility, Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, Enhanced Test Readiness, and Advanced Concepts-in the wake of Congress's decision to cut their funding. Although it is unclear whether funding will be restored, some members of Congress are clearly unwilling or unable to understand the… Read more

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  • Ariel Cohen, Ph.D. img Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.

    Senior Research Fellow for Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Policy, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies

  • Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D. img Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

    Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, and Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies

  • Bruce Klingner img Bruce Klingner

    Senior Research Fellow, Northeast Asia

  • Baker Spring img Baker Spring

    F.M. Kirby Research Fellow in National Security Policy

  • Brett Schaefer img Brett Schaefer

    Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs

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