Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, August 22, 2024
Posted: 25th August 2024
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It is possible that we will one day look back and see the quarter-century after the Cold War as nuclear intermission.”
— Vipin Narang, former Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, “Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat,” The New York Times
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