Nuclear Testing Is a Relic. Resuming It Would Be Reckless.

Nuclear Testing Not Advised, Trump’s Nominee Says in Senate Hearing - Overpasses For America

Brandon Williams, President Trump’s pick to become the keeper of the nation’s nuclear arsenal, testified on Tuesday that he would not recommend that Mr. Trump restart explosive testing of the deadly weapons. His statement, during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, was unexpected. Other advisers to the administration had proposed that the president resume the test detonations for the sake of national security. The …

Nuclear Testing Is a Relic. Resuming It Would Be Reckless.

The United States will uphold its leadership in non-proliferation by refraining from unnecessary and destabilizing nuclear tests.

Op-ed: Nuclear Testing Is a Relic. Resuming It Would Be Reckless. - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation

Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed in Just Security about why nuclear testing is unnecessary. For more than three decades, the United States has refrained from conducting explosive nuclear tests, maintaining a moratorium that has become a cornerstone of global nuclear stability. This self-imposed restraint has not only bolstered the United States’ moral standing […] The post Op-ed: Nuclear Testing Is a Relic. Resuming It Would Be Reck…