All nuclear weapons resources
Podcast
Why the US Missile Defense System Won't Work
Physicist Dr. Laura Grego explains in lay terms just why the US ground-based midcourse missile defense system doesn't work.
Report
China’s Nuclear Force
Despite modernization efforts, China's nuclear force remains less capable and much smaller than the US arsenal.
Report
Whose Finger Is on the Button?
In the United States, a single person is authorized to make the decision to use a nuclear weapon—the president.
Report
How Secure is Space?
Today, military space capabilities are less clearly “peaceful” and are a yet greater source of contention.
Feature
The US Nuclear Arsenal
Our interactive tool visualizes every bomb and warhead in the US nuclear arsenal.
Podcast
Rocket Forensics: Dissecting North Korea’s Missile Program, Part 2
A continuation of the discussion of North Korea’s missile program, the accelerating pace of launch tests, and what scientific information we can glean from each of them.
Podcast
Rocket Forensics: Dissecting North Korea’s Missile Program, Part 1
A discussion of North Korea’s missile program, the accelerating pace of launch tests, and what scientific information we can glean from each of them.
Report
Space-Based Missile Defense
A spaced-based missile defense system would require many hundreds of orbiting interceptors to defend against one or two missiles, and it would have serious inherent vulnerabilities that would render it ineffective.
Podcast
African Americans Against the Bomb: Connecting the Dots Between Nuclear Weapons and Racial Justice
A conversation about the forgotten history of African Americans against the nuclear bomb that connects the fight against nuclear weapons with racial equality.
Report
Limiting the President’s Ability to Start a Nuclear War
No single individual should have the authority to start nuclear war.
Activist Resource
Security and Arms Control Webinars
As part of our Summer Symposium series, we host webinars on arms control and international security topics. View past lectures here.
Report
Why a Third Homeland Missile Defense Site Doesn't Make Sense
Congress wants a third missile defense site—but security experts, scientists, and the Pentagon all think it’s a bad idea.