Richard L. Garwin’s research while affiliated with IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center and other places

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Publications (56)


International commitment to safe nuclear reactors—Response
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January 2025

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Science

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Frank N. von Hippel

The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium

June 2024

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Science

Recent promotion of new reactor technologies appears to disregard decades-old concerns about nuclear proliferation


How to avoid nuclear war with China

March 2023

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The United States is in a developing military confrontation with China over Taiwan. China has built long-distance precision strike missiles to prevent US Navy task forces from participating effectively. The early Cold War confrontation between the Soviet Union and United States over West Berlin provides a relevant precedent. There is a significant probability a war between China and the United States could escalate to nuclear threats or even use. Recently, China has launched a major buildup of its nuclear forces. It is urgent that the two countries launch talks on nuclear arms control, both to prevent a nuclear arms race and to reassure each other that both want to avoid a nuclear conflict. Citizens should reengage with their governments to urge alternatives to a new nuclear arms race, and US scientists should brainstorm with their Chinese counterparts about nuclear risks and risk reduction.


Weapons on Earth and in Space: Global Security in the New International Situation

October 2018

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The chapter analyses the issues of advanced weapons on earth and in space and their implications for arms control. Such technological developments are seen as extremely dangerous and capable of opening the way to very threatening security scenarios with high levels of instability and uncertainty. The technical and political dimensions of a possible arms control regime for space are thoroughly discussed and solid arguments are advanced that a ban on actual space weapons and on anti-satellite weapons is both essential and feasible.


FIGURE 1. NATIONAL STOCKPILES of active nuclear warheads. 13 No official numbers have been published for countries other than the US. Thousands of additional warheads in Russia and the US await dismantlement. 
Nuclear weapons dangers and policy options
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April 2018

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Physics Today

With the end of the Cold War, most physicists turned their attention away from the nuclear threat. It is now time for us to reengage in the debate over how to reduce the dangers from nuclear weapons.

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Citations (16)


... So it has more time to recognize and interception. And it is regarded as the key phase of missile defense [1]. Lately modeling of micro-motion target and characteristics analysis has brought comprehensive attention. ...

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Precession Characteristics Analysis of Ballistic Target Based on Non-Ideal Scattering Centers
Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System
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  • April 2000

... HALEU is still classified as low-enrichment fuel (as opposed to the highly enriched uranium used to make nuclear bombs), but that distinction is misleading, Lyman says. In June, he and his collaborators -including physicist Richard Garwin, who led the design of the first hydrogen bomb -warned in a Science article that a bomb could be built with a few hundred kilograms of HALEU, with no need for further enrichment 1 . ...

The weapons potential of high-assay low-enriched uranium
  • Citing Article
  • June 2024

Science

... Kroenig believes these benefits rationalize the United States' robust nuclear force posture that it has maintained for several decades. However, many analysts consider this posture excessive (Fetter et al., 2018) because adversaries would still be incapable of preempting massive retaliation by the United States at lower deployment levels, and dangerous because it increases the chances of triggering a nuclear war-or alternatively, the catastrophic consequences in the event of one-and may have adverse consequences for the proliferation of nuclear weapons and prevention of nuclear terrorism. ...

Nuclear weapons dangers and policy options

Physics Today

... Não se pode alegar que o trabalho de Noddack não chegou ao conhecimento dos cientistas interessados. Ao que tudo indica, quase todos os grupos importantes -o de Fermi, na (Hook, 2007;Seaborg, 2007;Alvarez, 1987). Algumas de suas críticas foram endereçadas em trabalhos posteriores de Fermi, como a exclusão do polônio como possível produto daquela reação (Fermi et al., 1934;Amaldi et al., 1935). ...

Alvarez: Adventures of a Physicist
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  • December 1987

Physics Today

... One widely discussed countermeasure is decoy warhead (Sessler et al. 2000). One incoming missile could carry and release one or a few real warheads plus many decoy warheads. ...

Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System

... rakesh sharma became the first indian astronaut to fly to space with a soviet space module in 1984, marking another high point in science diplomacy. as part of its space diplomacy efforts with friendly countries, the soviet Union originally suggested to india in 1980 that it might launch an indian astronaut to the salyut 7 space station (Braunschvig et al., 2003). the plan was to use space power to extend russia's area of influence. in august 1981, india accepted the offer and collaborative plans were set up. on 3 april 1984, sharma was launched into space alongside two other soviet cosmonauts. ...

Space Diplomacy
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  • July 2003

Foreign Affairs

... Whereas the condition of mutual vulnerability associated with the possession of nuclear weapons can in theory-by creating a military stalemate-enhance deterrence (Waltz 1990;Jervis 1984),the fear that states might develop strike capabilities that threaten the survivability of others' strategic capabilities-and the concern that an adversary might do so in the future-helps explain why the proliferation of nuclear weapons has continued: as a hedge against technological breakthroughs. This dynamic has been apparent from the Cold War era to the present day (Bracken 1983;Gottfried and Blair 1988). ...

Crisis Stability and Nuclear War
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  • May 1987

Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

... Satellites of the U.S. Satellite Data System are also in such orbits to facilitate communication with forces in the Arctic. [9] Because the apogee of such orbits is high over the Northern Hemisphere, satellites can be within contact range of ground stations for up to 8 hours of a 12 hour orbital period. Semisynchronous orbits will be used for the new, highly accurate global nav-igation systems of the U.S. such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). ...

Antisatellite Weapons
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  • June 1984

Scientific American

... Therefore, Iran's missile and nuclear issue is one of the issues in this document [10] .The traditional concern about Iran's ability to carry nuclear weapons includes a ballistic missile that could reach the United States from Iran. [5] The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), failed to address Iran's missile developments and Iran's relations with militant groups. As a result, the UAE, despite its historical differences with Iran, has redoubled its efforts to engage with Iran through health diplomacy during the Covid-19 era. ...

Evaluating Iran's Missile Threat
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  • May 2008

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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New Negative Result for Gravitational Wave Detection, and Comparison with Reported Detection
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  • September 1974

Physical Review Letters