Aaron Richards's articles on Nuclear Network

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Aaron Richards is a Policy Analyst with SAIC and earned his masters in Defense and Strategic Studies at Missouri State University.

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Flexibility and Survivability: The Next Generation of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile

by Aaron Richards Guest Author

Published:December 11, 2018Last Updated:February 19, 2019

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While the current environment continues to challenge the United States, future threats will further weaken America’s nuclear weapons stockpile without action. The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review called for nuclear modernization and the time is now to act and secure our strategic deterrent for the future.

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The Continued Unlikelihood of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone in the Middle East

by Aaron Richards Guest Author

Published:November 19, 2014Last Updated:September 25, 2017

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There are currently five NWFZs, which have been bound by international treaties signed by all states in those respective regions. The idea of a Middle East NWFZ has been around for nearly forty years, when Iran first proposed it in 1974.