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Plutonium Facility Gets Lifeline from Authorizers, Fate Still Grim
  On the radar: Analysis of the NDAA; Trident report; Dominoes not falling; Iran talks update; Iran nuclear graphs, revisited; Park presidency; Costs of war; and North Korea’s first video game.   Read more »
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Posted on December 20, 2012
Near-term Options for Nuclear Reductions with Russia
On the radar: Reciprocal actions, deeper reductions; White House supports CMRR cut; No vote for East Coast BMD; Latest sanctions proposal; US deadline on Iran; Second term challenges with Iran, missile defense, and China; RoK scrubs launch; and an Explosive report on lunar research. Read more »
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Posted on November 30, 2012
Arms Control Should be a Priority for Next Administration
  On the radar: Pifer and O’Hanlon on arms control; Avoiding a repeat of the Iraq debacle; Ohio-class replacement; D’Agostino and Albright on NIF; McNamara on abolishing nuclear weapons; CMRR reprogramming stalled; and Strengthening India-Pakistan trade.   Read more »
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Posted on October 19, 2012
Delays and Cost Hikes Plague Nuclear Programs
  On the radar: NNSA’s string of bad news; Street view of the Rial crisis; Iran’s proposal; MEADS continues; Nuking Detroit; Nuking the moon; and the Last of the Manhattan Project scientists.   Read more »
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Posted on October 5, 2012
Policy Successes: Increased Leverage Over an Isolated Iran
On the radar: Strong sanctions, stronger coalitions; CMRR show not over until authorizers sing; North Korea launch pad construction halted; Reflections on Cuban Missile Crisis; HEU removed from Poland; and New polling on overkill.   Read more »
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Posted on September 26, 2012
Obama at UN: Room for Diplomacy with Iran, but Patience Limited
On the radar: Nuclear portions of the speech; Taking stock of Iran policy; Carroll on DPRK; Ahmadinejad in NY; Blimp nets an intercept; CMRR update; New START BCC; and Nuking your cocktails.   Read more »
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Posted on September 25, 2012
Costs and Consequences: The Iran Debate that Needs to Happen
On the radar: What if we use military force against Iran; No to containment, yes to ambiguity; CR drops CMRR; Pentagon takeover of NNSA security; Making China’s Nuclear War Plan; How China stores its missiles; and Ending the Kiwi nuclear standoff.   Read more »
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Posted on September 24, 2012
A Victory for Good Government
When 19 Senators write the administration to demand funding for a pet project, they usually get what they want.  But not this time.  This time common sense, fiscal realities and the hard work of dozens of Ploughshares Fund grantees combined to kill a wasteful and unnecessary nuclear bomb factory. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on September 23, 2012
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, CMRR, Continuing Resolution, Friends Committee on National Legislation, House Appropriations Committee, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nuclear Budget, Plutonium, Senate Appropriations Committee, Stockpile stewardship, Union of Concerned Scientists
Changes in the Iran Sanctions Policy Environment
On the radar: Levi on factors facilitating sanctions; Not time to relax oversight of the complex; Piecemeal BMD in the Gulf; STRATCOM on CMRR alternatives; Parsi on U.S.-Israel-Iran conundrum; First MDA chief from the Navy; and Firsthand pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.   Read more »
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Posted on August 9, 2012
Los Alamos’ CMRR Alternative To Cost 87% Less
On the radar: $800 million < $6 billion; Experts say Iran not the world’s greatest threat; Activists spent hours on Y-12 grounds; Lugar seeks CTR renewal; Iran’s chicken crisis; and Little Boy blast height was set for destroying civilian targets.   Read more »
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Posted on August 8, 2012