A couple of days ago, I posted a discourse on the Administration’s return to Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. In it, I expressed pessimism that this would happen before anti-CTBT stalwart Senator Jon Kyl retires at the end of next year. I also opined that it is, in fact, possible to assure the integrity of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal without testing and that those who don’t believe so just want to maintain the option of adding new weapons to the mix.
In May, the NNSA published a nice synopsis of experiments conducted under its Stockpile Stewardship Program to date. The program publishes a quarterly report on its activities and this one covers the first and second quarters of FY2011.
A colleague just sent it around for information and I, in turn, am providing it to readers here.