
A Nuclear War is Unwinnable, So Why Do We Keep Preparing for One?
OPINION — “We must prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely, modernizing U.S. nuclear capabilities today and preparing for future […] More
OPINION — “We must prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely, modernizing U.S. nuclear capabilities today and preparing for future […] More
OPINION — “I want to ensure that I have a weapon system that will deliver the capabilities that I need to deliver. I also need […] More
OPINION — “Soviet nuclear weapon technology appears to be highly sophisticated and adequate for present delivery systems, but significant advancements can still be made through […] More
OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — On December 18, 2023, North Korea successfully launched a solid fuel, road mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) – Hwasong-18 – […] More
OPINION — “On October 27, the Department of Defense announced that the United States will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, […] More
OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — This is the twentieth anniversary of the Six Party Talks, established in 2003, to resolve the nuclear issue with North […] More
OPINION – A list of proposals released last Thursday in the final report of the 12-member bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the […] More
OPINION — This is the 70th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK), signed October 1, 1953. […] More
OPINION — We will never forget the 2,983 men, women, and children killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the […] More
OPINION — In 2014, the nation’s two leading nuclear weapons laboratories, Los Alamos and Livermore, jointly identified “a capability gap” in their ability to evaluate […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In numerous Track 2 discussions between former U.S. government officials, academics and their Chinese counterparts, the 2003-2009 Six-Party Talks process is cited […] More
OPINION — Nagasaki, Japan, was not supposed to be the target for America’s second atomic bomb that was dropped 78 years ago, this week. And […] More
OPINION — “U.S. [nuclear] warheads were designed and manufactured until the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since then, we have not designed any new nuclear […] More
Rob Dannenberg, Former CIA Chief of Central Eurasia Division Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight by becoming a Cipher Brief Subscriber+ […] More
OPINION — Back in late February, four Boeing B-52H strategic bombers from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (23rd EBS), based at Minot Air Force Base, […] More
OPINION — “I believe improving our ability to deter and counter adversary limited nuclear use in a regional conflict is the single most important challenge […] More
OPINION — The Joint Statement of the Xi Jinping – Vladimir Putin summit expressed concern about the situation on the Korean Peninsula. That was an understatement. North […] More
OPINION — It has been 31 years since the U.S. halted nuclear weapons testing, yet last Tuesday Jill Hruby, head of the National Nuclear Security […] More
OPINION — The U.S. and South Korea are returning to a pre-Trump era of detailed military planning and large-scale joint exercises in reaction to North […] More
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