Google’s motto famously used to be “don’t be evil.” However, its latest feature––generating deepfake satellite imagery––*briefly* made being evil a whole lot easier. I wrote about this new tool, which was paused after less than 48 hours due to entirely predictable backlash. fas.org/publication/...

Google Introduces Deepfake Satellite Imagery: “It’s Fun!” - Federation of American Scientists

Google’s motto famously used to be “don’t be evil.” However, its latest feature has just made being evil a whole lot easier.

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I'm excited to share that I've been promoted to Research and Project Manager for the Nuclear Information Project @scientistsorg.bsky.social! Pinching myself everyday that I get to work and grow on this team. Forever grateful to @mattkorda.bsky.social and @nukestrat.bsky.social for believing in me 🥲

Our updated world nuclear arsenal overview in the SIPRI Yearbook is now public. Honored to assemble, with @mattkorda.bsky.social, this annual production with @sipri.org to assist the public debate about the status and future of nuclear weapons. Press release: www.sipri.org/media/press-...

Tomorrow is the last day to apply for @scientistsorg.bsky.social’s 2026 Open Source Nuclear Analysis Bootcamp! Get those apps in!

Matt Korda@mattkorda.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🚨 Attache ta tuque! @scientistsorg.bsky.social is hosting our 2nd Open Source Nuclear Analysis Bootcamp in partnership with @stanleycenter.org in Montréal on June 21-26! Come hang out and learn: • Geolocation • Missiles • FOIA • Imagery analysis • Poutine 🍟 • Bagels 🥯 C'est le fun! 👇

fas.org/osint-bootca... This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in open source techniques for nuclear and other research. Highly recommend this learning opportunity from my former organization. @mattkorda.bsky.social @nukestrat.bsky.social @scientistsorg.bsky.social

2026 Open Source Nuclear Analysis Bootcamp - Federation of American Scientists

In June 2026, FAS is hosting a bootcamp to pass on its practices to the next generation of open-source nuclear analysts.

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🚨 Attache ta tuque! @scientistsorg.bsky.social is hosting our 2nd Open Source Nuclear Analysis Bootcamp in partnership with @stanleycenter.org in Montréal on June 21-26! Come hang out and learn: • Geolocation • Missiles • FOIA • Imagery analysis • Poutine 🍟 • Bagels 🥯 C'est le fun! 👇

in which @mattkorda.bsky.social explains what he calls 'Plan B' now that there is no nuclear treaty regime

AI Is Here to Replace Nuclear Treaties. Scared Yet?

The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite surveillance, AI, and human reviewers can take its place. Others, not so much...

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Helpful analysis here from @mattkorda.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social fas.org/publication/...

The Pentagon's (Slimmed Down) 2025 China Military Power Report - Federation of American Scientists

The Pentagon's new report provides additional context and useful perspectives on events in China that took place over the past year.

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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? fas.org/publication/...

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...

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"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.

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

The AL East standings look a little different tonight 👀

: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

Federation of American Scientists@scientistsorg.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 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.

📌 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!

Federation of American Scientists@scientistsorg.bsky.social · last yr.

🆕 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.

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. 👇

Matt Korda@mattkorda.bsky.social · last yr.

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/...

🚨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.

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can someone make xcom 3 pls

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...

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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 ⬇️⬇️

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...

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

spiegel.de

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

‘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.

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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 fas.org/initiative/s...

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.

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