Nonprofit urges the White House to fill vacant watchdog roles govexec.com/oversight/2024… via GovExec

“The United States is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan Projects per year in one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history,” writes Geoff Wilson. stimson.org/2024/americas-…

“The United States is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan Projects per year in one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history,” writes Geoff Wilson. stimson.org/2024/americas-…

Really important thread on the obfuscation of Congressionally mandated reporting that impacts military families and ultimately readiness. Wild that 2 agencies can have such wildly different opinions of what the law requires of them when trying to keep military families safe.

ICYMI: The US is on track to spend the equivalent of more than two Manhattan projects per year in one of its most expensive nuclear arms races. Distinguished Fellow Geoff Wilson offers his insights and sheds light on the issue in his latest brief. stimson.org/2024/americas-…

"The US is locked in a strategic and ideological battle with itself over the purpose of its nuclear arsenal... Over the past decade, the US has launched one of the most expensive nuclear arms races in history." @nuclearwilson discusses in @stimsoncenter stimson.org/2024/americas-…

1/n Eighteen months after Finland joined NATO, its fighter jets will take part in the annual #StedfastNoon tac nuke exercise in October, which will operate around North Sea (some aircraft flying out of Denmark) with at least 13 countries participating. key.aero/article/nuclea…

Ever since a B-52 crew told me about the “New START fin,” I have reported on which bomber is nuclear-capable and which is conventional-only. Now Vince Scappatura and Richard Tanter have produced this amazing report that provides complete list. nautilus.org/napsnet/napsne… Well done!

When Kristin Ven Bruusgaard speaks you should really listen! In this piece she elegantly & succinctly covers the complex ways different nuclear-armed states act. She challenges leaders to react to these differences in ways that reduce, not increase, nuclear risks. engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-par…

Some great contributions from my colleague Julia Gledhill in here. A must read!

Happy Skynet Day to all who celebrate

The first presidential debate just one week away. But how a Trump or Harris foreign policy might look is anything but crystal clear. If Trump wins the White House again, there are 11 men who might have his ear. My Foreign Policy colleagues and I took a look. (🧵)

Great catch by TaskForce23 showing German Tornado at Edwards AFB last week with a B61-12 nuclear bomb trainer under the belly.

Ankit (Ankit Panda) sits down with Matt Korda, the associate director for the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists, to discuss India’s nuclear forces. ow.ly/GCKB50TeSMK

Just out: our latest Nuclear Notebook, this one on Indian nuclear forces. Status and modernizations. Satellite images of forces and facilities. Warhead estimate. Available in PDF article format: tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.10… or web format thebulletin.org/premium/2024-0…

kicking off the NFL season by charging taxpayers $130,000+/hr for a b2 flyover

Seems like the Air Force and advocates of the new Sentinel ICBM were so hooked on securing approval of the missile that they forgot to think about the infrastructure. airandspaceforces.com/air-force-lead…

Inspired by the visual language of old Ray Bradbury and Stephen King paperbacks, Justin Metz created this illustration, which may be the first cover without a headline or typography in The Atlantic’s 167-year history. Read our October issue: theatln.tc/AghaSJ3J

If the F-35 has become the Air Force’s baseline for affordability and accountability in a new program, we’ve got problems… insidedefense.com/daily-news/ken…

Call off the alert! The slightly increased radiation levels detected over northern Norway are not about a Russian nuclear-powered missile test but may be from forest fires in the Chernobyl area.