Patty-Jane Geller
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The Gaping Logic Hole in the Administration's Nuclear Posture Review
The Biden administration’s decision to cancel the nuclear sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N) has been hotly debated since it was announced in April....

Sea (Maritime, Naval Operations)
Faulty Assumptions About the Global Nuclear Threat May Require Changes in U.S. Sea-Based Nuclear Force
Download Report Summary If the United States is to sustain a viable national strategic deterrent force against rapidly expanding threats, the...

Military Strategy
Enhancements to the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Needed Now, More Than Ever
Citing a growing gap in non-strategic nuclear capabilities compared to Russia and China, the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review deemed it essential to...

Military Strategy
Why Allies Balk at Proposed Changes to U.S. Nuclear Declaratory Policy
President-elect Joe Biden declared his administration would “not reject our allies. ” But he would be doing exactly that if, as is rumored, he will...

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Extending New START Makes U.S. Nuclear Modernization Imperative
SUMMARY The United States has extended the flawed New START agreement with Russia for five years—receiving not a single reform for its agreement to...

Defense Budget
The Nuclear Weapons Council and Its Critical Role in Developing a Budget for Nuclear Warhead Activities
Recent debates on nuclear modernization have focused on hot-button issues like nuclear testing and low-yield nuclear weapons. But one issue flying...

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America's New Quest for Adequate Nuclear Deterrence
Being able to conduct a nuclear test is not the same as performing one. Nuclear testing is a hot-button issue once again.

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Smarter Ways to Improve Missile Defense Capability
The January 7 Iranian missile attack against al-Asad air base in Iraq immediately led many to question why the base had no missile defenses in place....

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Who Wouldn't Want to Make Our Nuclear Weapons Safer?
Russia and China have been avidly modernizing their nuclear arsenals for years; meanwhile, the U. S.

In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
The sUAS Tactical Trifecta
By Bryan T. Woody • RealClearDefense
The Revolutionary War: When Strategic Options Share the Same Weakness
By Henry Yep • RealClearDefense
The Houthis Are Testing the Limits of Collective Defense
By Saima Afzal • RealClearDefense

Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki • RealClearDefense
Northrop Grumman Breaks Out the Big Guns at AUSA
By Daniel Terrill, Defense News
Army Pursuing Diverse Array of New Anti-Air Interceptors
By Trevithick, The WarZone
Who Shoots Down the Drone Over the Shipyard?
By John Ferrari & Dillon Prochnicki, RCD
F-35C Lands for the First Time on a Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier
By The Aviationist
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