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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
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Russian soldiers stand near a Topol-M ICBM while participating in a rehearsal for the nation's Victory Day parade outside Moscow in Alabino on April 22, 2008.
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The Virginia-class attack submarine USS North Dakota.
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An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test.
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The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) sails toward its home port of Naval Base Kitsap after a strategic deterrent patrol
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A nuclear-powered Type 094A Jin-class ballistic missile submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy during a military exercise in the South China Sea in 2018.
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An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test April 26, 2017, from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Experts
Masashi Murano
Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
