Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June15, 2023
Posted: 19th June 2023
June 15, 2023
US Air Force personnel perform a simulated missile reduction in accordance with the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) on Minot Air Force Base, N.D. in 2011. (Photo US Air Force / Airman 1st Class Desiree Esposito via Flickr)
NUCLEAR RISK
The US and Russia must re-assess their strategic relations in a world without New STARTFormer US ambassador to Ukraine Steven Pifer says that despite Russia’s treaty suspension and US countermeasures, strategic arms control can still have a brighter future if both sides act now. Read more.
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
The prospects for United States–China space cooperation are limited
Lessons from the Cold War suggest that partnering with Beijing on space projects will not reduce military tensions in space, writes member of the Space Policy Institute Aaron Bateman. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
One nuclear-armed Poseidon torpedo could destroy a coastal city. Russia wants 30 of them.
Russia’s nuclear-armed autonomous torpedoes Poseidon may never be used, writes rising nuclear expert Silky Kaur. “But they may still provoke uncertainty, speculation, and fear.” Read more.
The first summer archive dive magazine cover is here!
The first design for our summer archive dive is now live in the Bulletin store! As many of you guessed, the first design comes from a 1947 Bulletin magazine cover that features the Clock that eventually became the Doomsday Clock.
NUCLEAR RISK
From the archive: The first report of the Atomic Energy CommissionThe above cover is from the first Bulletin magazine issue, and the first appearance of the clock design that would eventually become the Doomsday Clock. In that 1947 issue you’ll find the first public report from the Atomic Energy Commission. Read more.
NUCLEAR RISK
The increasing danger of nuclear weapons and how physicists can help reduce it
Apply to attend this workshop hosted by The International Centre for Theoretical Physics that focuses on nuclear weapons policy and involving physicists in nuclear conversations. Apply now.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This is a huge scientific advancement that requires attention, and there’s so many lessons to learn from the nuclear space on that. And you don’t have to equate them to learn from them.”
— Bulletin President and CEO Rachel Bronson, “A.I. or nuclear weapons: Can you tell these quotes apart?”, New York Times
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