Matt Korda

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...

🚨 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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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.

"There is no upside" - @mattkorda.bsky.social

I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post

👀👀👀 not an ideal time to be on a plane

congrats king 👑👑👑

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

The AL East standings look a little different tonight 👀

It’s truly so bizarre! Thank you for the kind words!

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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

📌 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!

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. 👇

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.

🚨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:

can someone make xcom 3 pls

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...

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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🚀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 ⬇️⬇️

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...

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

Opinion | How nuclear war could start Nuclear accidents are a fact of life for as long as these weapons exist.

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

(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.

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

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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"

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....

Gasping at straws. they're just so beautiful

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.

‘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.’”’

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.

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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Follow along with us to see how we’re building bridges between science and innovative public policy. It’s the only way forward.

ok i give up. are canadians voting for a new pope

Wikipedia editors on the Katy Perry talk page came to a resounding conclusion against calling her an astronaut

I’m bummed illness prevents me from attending @carnegieendowment.org #NUKECON next two days. But if you’re going, make sure to check in with my colleagues @mknight.bsky.social @mattkorda.bsky.social @elianajjohns.bsky.social @jonatomic.bsky.social from the @scientistsorg.bsky.social nuke team! 👋

I've long been a fan of Senator... [checks notes] ... Van Halen