Approaches and positions towards tactical nuclear weapons will need rethinking and reformulation.
Before sinking, did the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk collide with another submarine or was it an explosion onboard?
Occasional Paper #4: Michael Barletta, ed.
Amidst the inherent costs and risks of nuclear submarines more and more countries want them.
Updates on the efforts to rescue sailors from the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kursk.
Inability to save 118 sailors from the Kursk highlights multiple problems facing Russia’s nuclear fleet.
Chief of the General Staff Anatoliy Kvashnin proposals for a radical reduction of Russia’s land-based strategic missiles lose out to Putin’s preference for caution.
The sinking of the Komsomolets is only one in a series of accidents involving the Soviet fleet of nuclear-powered submarines and ships.
In July 2000, CNS hosted a unique seminar with participants from mainland China, Taiwan, and the US. A retired senior military officer and two academics from each side met to identify and discuss trends that might destabilize the security environment in the Taiwan Strait.