Arms Control Wonk

ACA Executive Director Daryl Kimball and ACA Research Director Wade Boese respond to State Department spokesman Richard Boucher’s dismissal of an ACA report by Sidney Drell and James Goodby regarding U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces. Asked about Drell and Goodby’s conclusion that the US can further reduce its nuclear weapons stockpile, Boucher replied: I know the …

Warren Hoge and David Sanger detect “considerable concern” that Iran will withdraw from the NPT. Perhaps. But there’s some evidence that the Iranians realize they’d be painting a target on themselves if they took such a drastic step.

Scott Gearity has a much-appreciated mention of an Arms Control Today article I wrote about Ukraine’s Kh-55 missile exports. I do, however, wish to correct one small inaccuracy in his description of the piece. Scott writes: Ukraine has now admitted violating its commitments under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) by exporting KH-55 air-launched cruise …