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Matt Korda
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I count nukes for the Federation of American Scientists + the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 🇨🇦 Views my own.
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🚨 New @scientistsorg.bsky.social report by Igor Morić + me tackling a critical question:

Given that on-site nuclear arms control verification between the US + Russia is unlikely in the near-term, could a cooperative use of remote sensing tools act as a replacement?

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Inspections Without Inspectors
This report outlines a framework relying on “Cooperative Technical Means” for effective arms control verification based on remote sensing, avoiding on-site inspections but maintaining a level of trans...
fas.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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mjgault.bsky.social
"There is no upside" - @mattkorda.bsky.social
Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid
Everyone loses and nobody wins if America decides to resume nuclear testing after a 30 year moratorium.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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mknight.bsky.social
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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mlbbot.bsky.social
The AL East standings look a little different tonight 👀
A screenshot of the AL East standings over a photo of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette celebrating sweeping the Yankees. The standings are: TOR - 49-38 - .563 NYY - 48-39 - .552 - 1 GB TB - 48-39 - .552 - 1 GB
July 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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nuclearanthro.bsky.social
:D

HOW DID I MISS THIS GETTING RELEASED?!?

I love nuclear weapon targeting planning!

It’s so baroque & detailed and bizarre!

Am going to read today.

Nicely done @mattkorda.bsky.social @nukestrat.bsky.social
scientistsorg.bsky.social Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · Jun 30
🆕 Planning for the Unthinkable: the targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states

Intense secrecy around nuclear targeting means that most individuals—including lawmakers—do not have much understanding of how fateful decisions about what to target during wartime are made.
Planning for the Unthinkable: The targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states The quantitative and qualitative enhancements to global nuclear arsenals in the past decade—particularly China’s nuclear buildup, Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling, and NATO’s response—have recently reinvigorated debates about how nuclear-armed states intend to use their nuclear weapons, and against which targets, in what some describe as a new Cold War. Details about who, what, where, when, why, and how countries target with their nuclear weapons are some of states’ most closely held secrets. Targeting information rarely reaches the public, and discussions almost exclusively take place behind closed doors—either in the depths of military headquarters and command posts, or in the halls of defense contractors and think tanks. The general public is, to a significant extent, excluded from those discussions. This is largely because nuclear weapons create unique expectations and requirements about secrecy and privileged access that, at times, can seem borderline undemocratic. Revealing targeting information could open up a country’s nuclear policies and intentions to intense scrutiny by its adversaries, its allies, and—crucially—its citizens. This presents a significant democratic challenge for nuclear-armed countries and the international community. Despite the profound implications for national and international security, the intense secrecy means that most individuals—not only including the citizens of nuclear-armed countries and others that would bear the consequences of nuclear use, but also lawmakers in nuclear-armed and nuclear umbrella states that vote on nuclear weapons programs and policies—do not have much understanding of how countries make fateful decisions about what to target during wartime, and how. When lawmakers in nuclear-armed countries approve military spending bills that enhance or increase nuclear and conventional forces, they often do so with little knowledge of how those bills could have implications for nuclear targeting plans.
July 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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elianajjohns.bsky.social
📌 ICYMI, @nukestrat.bsky.social, @mattkorda.bsky.social, @mknight.bsky.social, and I just released a pretty cool report on the targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states.

Check it out!
scientistsorg.bsky.social Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · Jun 30
🆕 Planning for the Unthinkable: the targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states

Intense secrecy around nuclear targeting means that most individuals—including lawmakers—do not have much understanding of how fateful decisions about what to target during wartime are made.
Planning for the Unthinkable: The targeting strategies of nuclear-armed states The quantitative and qualitative enhancements to global nuclear arsenals in the past decade—particularly China’s nuclear buildup, Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling, and NATO’s response—have recently reinvigorated debates about how nuclear-armed states intend to use their nuclear weapons, and against which targets, in what some describe as a new Cold War. Details about who, what, where, when, why, and how countries target with their nuclear weapons are some of states’ most closely held secrets. Targeting information rarely reaches the public, and discussions almost exclusively take place behind closed doors—either in the depths of military headquarters and command posts, or in the halls of defense contractors and think tanks. The general public is, to a significant extent, excluded from those discussions. This is largely because nuclear weapons create unique expectations and requirements about secrecy and privileged access that, at times, can seem borderline undemocratic. Revealing targeting information could open up a country’s nuclear policies and intentions to intense scrutiny by its adversaries, its allies, and—crucially—its citizens. This presents a significant democratic challenge for nuclear-armed countries and the international community. Despite the profound implications for national and international security, the intense secrecy means that most individuals—not only including the citizens of nuclear-armed countries and others that would bear the consequences of nuclear use, but also lawmakers in nuclear-armed and nuclear umbrella states that vote on nuclear weapons programs and policies—do not have much understanding of how countries make fateful decisions about what to target during wartime, and how. When lawmakers in nuclear-armed countries approve military spending bills that enhance or increase nuclear and conventional forces, they often do so with little knowledge of how those bills could have implications for nuclear targeting plans.
July 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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nukestrat.bsky.social
Impressive piece of work by my colleagues @mattkorda.bsky.social and @mknight.bsky.social on the extraordinary mess in the new Sentinel ICBM program: The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle. 👇
mattkorda.bsky.social Matt Korda @mattkorda.bsky.social · Jun 24
An administration that claims to be obsessed with eliminating waste should look no further than the Sentinel ICBM program.

@mknight.bsky.social and I have done a deep dive into the system; we explore why the program is so behind schedule, over-budget, and poorly managed. 👇

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The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle - Federation of American Scientists
Nearly one year after the Pentagon certified the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to continue after it incurred critical cost and schedule overruns, the new nuclear missile could on...
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July 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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mknight.bsky.social
🚨Our @scientistsorg.bsky.social team's latest piece is out in our Next Nuclear Age series with @postopinions.bsky.social:🚨

@jonatomic.bsky.social, @nukestrat.bsky.social, and @mattkorda.bsky.social discuss the uncertain and worrisome future of nuclear proliferation in this phenomenal piece:
Opinion | What’s making some countries daydream about nukes again?
With or without Iran, the number of nuclear states could double, raising the risk of catastrophe.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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cockremover.bsky.social
can someone make xcom 3 pls
June 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
mattkorda.bsky.social
An administration that claims to be obsessed with eliminating waste should look no further than the Sentinel ICBM program.

@mknight.bsky.social and I have done a deep dive into the system; we explore why the program is so behind schedule, over-budget, and poorly managed. 👇

fas.org/publication/...
The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle - Federation of American Scientists
Nearly one year after the Pentagon certified the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to continue after it incurred critical cost and schedule overruns, the new nuclear missile could on...
fas.org
June 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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mknight.bsky.social
🚀In our latest @scientistsorg.bsky.social report, @mattkorda.bsky.social & I spill all things Sentinel:

✅ How did we get here?
📈 Why does the cost keep rising?
🤷‍♀️ Where's the program at now?
🕳️ What's up with the new silo situation??

Read here ⬇️⬇️
fas.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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nukestrat.bsky.social
I am honored to contribute with @mattkorda.bsky.social the chapter on world nuclear forces in the 2025 SIPRI Yearbook that went public today: www.sipri.org/media/press-... A PDF of the chapter is here: www.sipri.org/sites/defaul... @sipri.org
Nuclear risks grow as new arms race looms—new SIPRI Yearbook out now
(Stockholm, 16 June 2025) The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches its annual assessment of the state of armaments, disarmament and international security. Key findi...
www.sipri.org
June 16, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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johncarlbaker.bsky.social
I appreciate how this very good piece is both historically grounded and attuned to the novel nuclear risks of today - from @nukestrat.bsky.social, @mattkorda.bsky.social, @elianajjohns.bsky.social, and @alliemaloney.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | How nuclear war could start
Nuclear accidents are a fact of life for as long as these weapons exist.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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jonatomic.bsky.social
I was honored for our team at @scientistsorg.bsky.social to be online in the @postopinions.bsky.social this week. But I never imagined we would be two pages in print. Truly speechless. @davidehoffman.bsky.social @nukestrat.bsky.social @mattkorda.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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postopinions.bsky.social
The last nuclear age was defined by the United States and the Soviet Union.

"Today’s global nuclear landscape is far more complicated and, in many ways, more precarious."

From @jonatomic.bsky.social, @nukestrat.bsky.social and @mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social: wapo.st/4dRnfXC
Opinion | Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again
Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.
wapo.st
June 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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nukestrat.bsky.social
We are grateful to Washington Post for giving us their pages for a series of articles over the next several weeks about nuke weapons challenges facing the world. The first article with my colleagues @jonatomic.bsky.social and @mattkorda.bsky.social is below. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again
Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation, and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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hatr.bsky.social
SPIEGEL and „Danwatch“ analyzed two million docs on procurement data (filtered for biggest military contractors), detailing specific needs, e.g. type of steel, insulation thickness.

Shows how systematically Russia is ramping up nuclear weapons architecture

www.spiegel.de/ausland/russ...
(S+) Russland modernisiert Atomwaffensilos und setzt dabei auf deutsche Marken
Dokumente aus Russland zeigen, dass für den Ausbau von Atomwaffenstützpunkten Material westlicher Konzerne geordert wurde. Auch vom fränkischen Gipshersteller Knauf.
www.spiegel.de
May 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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themountaingoats.bsky.social
anything that at any point you loved but then became too cool for, know that someday you will turn back to that thing and say "oh. no. you were fine, you were more than fine. it is I who was cringe"
May 16, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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nukestrat.bsky.social
Our new FAS Nuclear Notebook on Russian nuclear forces is now available. We estimate a stockpile of just over 4,300 warheads, modernizations, but also delays. Earlier STRATCOM projection of significant increase in tac nukes has not yet materialized. www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....
May 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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ameliamar.bsky.social
Gasping at straws. they're just so beautiful
May 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
‘Fetterman went on to make statements that shocked people. In opposing a cease-fire, he said, “Let’s get back to killing.” A person who heard the conversation told me, “He said, ‘Kill them all.’”’
John Fetterman’s Struggle
The senator insists he is in good health. But staffers past and present say they no longer recognize the man they once knew.
nymag.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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scientistsorg.bsky.social
And as the nuclear world is more chaotic than ever, our Nuclear Information Project team keeps publishing accurate, readable assessments of who has weapons and how many
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Status of World Nuclear Forces - Federation of American Scientists
Despite progress in reducing nuclear weapon arsenals since the Cold War, the world’s combined inventory of nuclear warheads remains at a very high level.
fas.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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scientistsorg.bsky.social
Follow along with us to see how we’re building bridges between science and innovative public policy. It’s the only way forward.
April 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
ok i give up. are canadians voting for a new pope
April 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Wikipedia editors on the Katy Perry talk page came to a resounding conclusion against calling her an astronaut
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM