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CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle Testifies on DOE Complex Transformation Program
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| March 17, 2009 |
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| CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle testified to the Subcommittee on Energy and Water of the House Committee on Appropriations on "The Future of the DOE Complex Transformation Program" on March 17, 2009. |
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U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Issues for 2008 and Beyond
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| August 25, 2008 |
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| The National Research Council recently released its Congressional mandated report on the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Conventional Prompt Global Strike (CPGS) program. The report examined DOD’s preferred CPGS weapon system, Trident II missiles armed with conventional warheads, as well as several alternative weapon systems for achieving a CPGS capability.The report concluded that Congress should fund the research, development, testing and evaluation of the Conventional Trident Modification (CTM) program “at a level sufficient to achieve early deployment if tests confirm system effectiveness.” Congress previously denied funding for CTM for fear that other countries would mistake a conventional Trident missile launch for a nuclear strike. |
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Nuclear Weapons in U.S. National Security Policy: Past, Present and Prospects
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| November 2, 2007 |
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| Amy F. Woolf, specialist in national defense at the Congressional Research Service, has written a new report on nuclear weapons policy entitled “Nuclear Weapons in U.S. National Security Policy: Past, Present and Prospects.” |
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Todd Fine
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Defense Advisory Group Criticizes Design Process of the Reliable Replacement Warhead Program
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| October 2, 2007 |
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| The JASON Defense Advisory Group recently released the unclassified executive summary of a report evaluating the Reliable Replacement Warhead program and its current warhead design. CDI Research Assistant Todd Fine summarizes the implications and provides a link to the document.
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Todd Fine
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Proponents Lose Sight of New Warhead’s Arms Control Implications
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| June 11, 2007 |
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| In his recent analysis published in the May/June Defense Monitor, CDI Senior Advisor Philip Coyle explains why we need a strategic reassessment of the role and purpose of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. |
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House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee Holds a Weapons Activities Oversight Hearing
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| April 16, 2007 |
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| On March 29, 2007, the House Appropriations Energy and Water subcommittee sponsored a “weapons activities oversight hearing,” chaired by Rep. Peter Visclosky, D-Ind. Experts such as former Sen. Sam Nunn(D-Ga.), Dr. William Perry, Gen. James Cartwright and Dr. Richard Garwin testified on U.S. nuclear weapons policy and programs and addressed new initiatives that are currently being reviewed by the subcommittee. The testimony is well worth reading for insights on the future of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. We provide a copy of the transcript here. |
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The Plutonium’s Not Going Anywhere: So what’s next for nuclear complex transformation?
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| December 6, 2006 |
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| Half of a decade of studies at the national laboratories has shown that the plutonium parts in nuclear warheads will be good for at least 100 years – nearly twice the previous estimate. WSI Science Fellow Haninah Levine asks where that leaves the Bush administration’s ambitious plans for the nuclear weapons complex. |
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Haninah Levine
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A Beginner’s Guide to RRW Literature
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| October 10, 2006 |
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| The Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program is a familiar label still in search of a clear definition. Over the past year, many of the government’s advisory and investigative bodies have contributed to the effort to define what the program will entail. CDI presents a guide to some of the more important RRW-related documents of the past year. |
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Philip Coyle
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Haninah Levine
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Victoria Samson
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