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Stephen Young

Stephen Young
Stephen Young is senior analyst at Union of Concerned Scientists.
Ideas

Obama’s Trillion Dollar Nuclear Weapons Gamble

Why is the president is proposing a multi-billion dollar nuclear arsenal overhaul that is expensive, dangerous, and does nothing to make the United States safer?

Science & Tech

The End of the New ICBM

Facing enormous cost estimates, advocates for the nuclear triad just threw in the towel on building a new intercontinental ballistic missile. By Stephen Young