Peter Huessy
Action Needed to Maintain U.S. Nuclear Deterrence
In December 2010, a deal was struck between the U.S. Senate and the Obama administration to finalize funding for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and the nation’s warhead production laboratories and support facilities. Together with previous funding by Congress, the U.S. adopted a nuclear modernization strategy that included four elements: (1) three new replacement […]
The Iran Man Behind the Nuclear Curtain
The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) may be resurrected, but opposition is coming from an unusual place. The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) may be resurrected, but opposition is coming from an unusual place. After years of minimal constructive input, the UN International Atomic Energy Administration (IAEA) has suddenly found a […]
Nuclear Modernization in an Era of Great Power Competition
America’s nuclear weapons deter attacks on the United States from biological, cyber, conventional, or nuclear weapons. That deterrent capability has kept the nuclear peace for seventy-five years but is now in danger of rusting to obsolescence. Why? With the dissolution of the Soviet empire, the U.S. kicked the nuclear modernization can down the road, going […]
