Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by the Financial Times, "Pentagon Admits to Weakness in Nuclear Records."
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Jon Wolfsthal, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by the Financial Times, "Pentagon Admits to Weakness in Nuclear Records."
The Pentagon has played down reports that the US military cannot locate hundreds of sensitive nuclear missile components.
Several government officials told the FT on Wednesday a secret Pentagon report into nuclear safeguards had found the air force could not account for many components previously included in its inventory. One said more than 1,000 were missing. [...]
Jon Wolfsthal, a nuclear expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said: “The US has to be the world leader in security and stewardship of its nuclear assets. No mistakes are permissible. Imagine how states will react now when the US urges them to improve nuclear security. How do we press Pakistan, India, Russia and others to get more serious about their security?”
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