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Rep. Markey Raises Concerns About Wasteful Plutonium Program
  On the radar: MOX over budget, behind schedule, and inefficient; Nuclear myths; Russian radars; Souring U.S.-Russia relations; Nuclear agreements with Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam; and Brunei ratifies the CTBT.   Read more »
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Posted on January 14, 2013
The Pentagon’s New Precision-Guided, Nuclear Budget Buster
  On the radar: High accuracy, low yield, huge budget; Shoddy science; Decisions for the 2nd term; “Armageddon on a Budget”; Nukes and the NDAA; Japan’s plutonium buildup; Israeli BMD; and Mousavian on a grand bargain.   Read more »
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Posted on November 29, 2012
The Enormous Cost and Scope of Nuclear Modernization Programs
On the radar: Dana Priest on the nuclear complex; Consider the B-61; Planning armageddon, then and now; the Next artificial Iran redline is already gone; Nonpro under the sequester; Radar announced; and a Rogue nuclear submarine attempts to hold Thursdays hostage.   Read more »
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Posted on September 17, 2012
Why the Navy is not Paying for Missile Defense
The Navy’s Aegis missile defense system is the backbone of the Obama administration’s Phased Adaptive Approach to missile defense. So why isn’t the Navy paying anything for missile defense? The omission, revealed by Pentagon missile defense budget estimates, says a lot about Navy priorities during an era of tightening budgets. Read more »
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Posted by Ben Loehrke on August 27, 2012
Aegis, budget, DDG-51, Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency, Navy, Nuclear Budget, Phased Adaptive Approach, Procurement, Sec. Ray Mabus, Sequestration, SM-3
Smaller Force, Smarter Strategy, Greater Savings
On the radar: Cartwright and Pickering testify on a smaller, less costly force; GBIs are expensive; Sally Ride; Update from Istanbul; Romney on nuclear policy; Congressman Dicks on nuclear cuts; Sub worker fired, soon incarcerated; and Kim Jong-Un, married man.   Read more »
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Posted on July 25, 2012
”A More Economical Nuclear Force”
On the radar: O’Hanlon’s nuclear budget proposal; Iran ballistic missile program stymied; Kadima will not back Iran strike; On the ground after strikes; Green movement myth; and Iran’s been... Thunderstruck.   Read more »
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Posted on July 24, 2012
Blocking Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program
On the radar: Sanctions impede Iran’s missile work; Nuclear cuts for national security; Mousavian on Waltz’s assumptions; Public opinion on Iran favors diplomacy; Australian uranium to India; Missile defense and the minimum deterrent; Clinton visits Israel; and B-2’s first flight was 13 years ago.   Read more »
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Posted on July 17, 2012
Shedding Excess Nuclear Weapons
On the radar: 1,000 to 1,100; Iran’s Powerpoint; Technical talks in Istanbul; Sanctions and Clausewitz; Iranian responses to sanctions; and Nukes and city budgets, an infographic.   Read more »
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Posted on July 3, 2012
New START, National Interests, and the Spending Debate
On the radar: New START still in the national interest, say Panetta and Chu; House Dems call for Obama to veto NDAA; Lowballing nuclear spending; the Dynamic after Moscow; Obama-Putin bilat; East Coast missile defense sites chosen; New sanctions analysis; CNS essay contest; and Enrichment, a YouTube explanation.   Read more »
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Posted on June 19, 2012
Sen. Levin Urges Nuclear Reductions
On the radar: Cut below New START; Scowcroft talks Iran policy; Midgetman returns; Nuclear and cyber parallels; Putin wants more bombers; Nuclear trade reform bill stalled; Iran nuclear deal helps human rights; and Semipalatinsk and its 450 nuclear tests.   Read more »
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Posted on June 15, 2012