ARMS CONTROL TODAY
September 2023

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FEATURES
The Delusions and Dangers of Missile Defense
By Jaganath Sankaran
A rethinking of the logic and purpose of the U.S. missile defense enterprise is urgently needed.

The Enduring Impact of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative
By Aaron Bateman
Four decades later, SDI continues to shape the international dialogue on strategic stability.

Should Nuclear Weapons Be Made Less Lethal?
By Frank N. von Hippel
The enormous explosive yield of U.S. nuclear weapons is vastly in excess of what would be required to destroy most military targets of the major U.S. adversaries.


THE OPPENHEIMER LEGACY
• "Atoms and Ambiguity" by Stephen J. Cimbala
• "The People the Oppenheimer Film Erased" by Chantell L. Murphy
• "Physicists Built the Bomb, Urged Restraint Too" by Lisbeth Gronlund


FOCUS
Defending the De Facto Nuclear Test Ban
By Daryl G. Kimball


NEWS & ANALYSIS
• NPT Meeting Underscores Chronic Divisions
• U.S. Says Ukraine Gives Cluster Munitions Assurances
• Allies Ponder the Future Of the CFE Treaty
• Russia Still Awaiting Formal U.S. Arms Control Proposal
• Lawmakers Seek Overdue Justice for Nuclear Victims
• States Urge UN Investigation of Iran Drone Sales
• North Korea Defends Nuclear Weapons Program at UN
• U.S. Completes Landmark CWC Destruction
• On Korean War Anniversary, Activists Seek Formal Peace


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