Over 75 years since US nuclear weapons caused devastation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear deterrence has held firm. Despite nuclear-armed states now understanding the wide-ranging consequences of using nuclear weapons,…

10 September 2023 marked the 27th year of adopting the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Promised to end nuclear testing in all environments, the treaty still awaits its entry into…

The United States (US) and Russia set a good benchmark for bilateral strategic arms control during the Cold War. However, the understanding eroded in the post-Cold War period. The US-Russia…

Lasers have traditionally been used in combat for secondary roles like range calculation, target designation, and weapon guidance. Law enforcement agencies have been using lasers as non-lethal weapons (NLW) for…