Could expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal make Americans less safe?

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A new report from the Brookings Institution presents evidence that increasing the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal could make nuclear crises more likely.

This raises an important challenge to arguments that the U.S.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Fri, 18 Sep 2026 07:00:03 UTC.

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