Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
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Vladimir Putin. (Kremlin)
![Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu at the Eastern Economic Forum in Primorye, Russia, on September 7, 2022, on the heels of the Vostok 2022 joint military exercises between Russia and China.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-03/02.27.2023%20Huessy%20WM.jpg?h=541b9819&itok=fHbXf6t1)
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Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China Li Zhanshu at the Eastern Economic Forum in Primorye, Russia, on September 7, 2022, on the heels of the Vostok 2022 joint military exercises between Russia and China. (TASS)
Commentary
![The B-21 Raider was unveiled to the public at a ceremony December 2, 2022 in Palmdale, Calif. Designed to operate in tomorrow's high-end threat environment, the B-21 will play a critical role in ensuring America's enduring airpower capability. (U.S. Air Force photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.24.2023%20Heinrichs%20Billingslea%20Memo.jpg?h=58c8a5e7&itok=z7TyxK3H)
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The B-21 Raider at a public unveiling ceremony on December 2, 2022, in Palmdale, California. (US Air Force)
![b1 bomber](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/03.01.2023%20Huessy.jpg?h=15f821a7&itok=c8xMLdcs)
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A US Air Force B-1B long-range bomber and F-16 fighter jet fly over the Canadian Arctic during North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Arctic air defense exercise, "Amalgam Dart 21-2" on March 24, 2021. (US Air Force)
![The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound following a 41-month engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, February 9, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.23.2023%20Heinrichs%20NIPP_0.jpg?h=639b8241&itok=W2cBnyG3)
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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana transits Puget Sound following a 41-month engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility on February 9, 2023. (US Navy photo by Brian G. Reynolds)
![Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev after signing the "New START" treaty in Prague](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.22.2023%20Huessy%20JBS_0.jpg?h=7ce3e8c5&itok=OAjpSbcp)
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Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev after signing the New START treaty in Prague on April 8, 2010. (Wikimedia Commons)
In the Media
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(Screenshot via CNN)
![df-31a](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.20.2023%20Huessy.jpg?h=01496eb6&itok=FkIqhnms)
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A Chinese DF-31A ICBM. (People's Liberation Army)
![A poster of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) concerning nuclear tests of North Korea is seen on February 12, 2013 at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna. Iran hinted Tuesday that inspection of the Parchin military site by the International Atomic Energy Agency would be possible in the context of a "comprehensive agreement" that recongnises its right to peaceful nuclear energy. AFP PHOTO / DIETER NAGL (Photo credit should read DIETER NAGL/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/02.13.2023%20DiNanno%20Memo_0.jpg?h=1116cd87&itok=Hq51P_ma)
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A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) poster displaying North Korean nuclear tests on February 12, 2013, at the CTBTO headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (Dieter Nagl/AFP via Getty Images)
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(Screenshot via VOA Korea)
![A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles takes part in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, October 1, 2019. (Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/01.31.2023%20Krepinevich%20The%20Economist_1.jpg?h=bc816b12&itok=a0VEbv_f)
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A formation of Dongfeng-41 nuclear missiles in a military parade celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, China, October 1, 2019. (Photo by Xia Yifang/Xinhua via Getty Images)
![Missile maintainers tear down an ICBM for Maintenance](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/Missle.jpeg?h=8ee7c86c&itok=fw842Gxm)
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Senior Airman Andrew Parrish performs maintenance on the forward section of an ICBM's reentry system on February 2, 2018, at the F. E. Warren Air Force Base missile complex in Wyoming. (Braydon Williams via DVIDS)