The U.S. Air Force's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program will modernize the ground-based leg of the nuclear triad. Read key studies and reports about this critical weapon system.
January 2022 - The Nuclear Posture Review Must Account for a Growing Chinese Nuclear Threat
January 2022 - Modernizing the U.S. Nuclear Triad: The Rationale for a New Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
December 2021 - Nuclear priorities for the Biden administration
October 2021 - Modernizing the Nuclear Triad: Decline or Renewal?
September 2021 - Understanding American Voters’ Sentiment on Strategic Nuclear Deterrence
May 2021 - Safety in Diversity: The Strategic Value of ICBMs and the GBSD in the Nuclear Triad
March 2021 - The Downsides of Downsizing: Why the United States Needs Four Hundred ICBMs
March 2021 - Heritage Report: Extending New START Makes U.S. Nuclear Modernization Imperative
July 2019 - Hudson Institute Report Touts the Advantages of GBSD Program
February 2019 - NATO’s Nuclear Deterrence: More Important, Yet More Contested (Michael Ruhie, NATO Defense College 2019)
Fall 2018 - The Case for the U.S. ICBM Force
Spring 2018 - Defending the Record on US Nuclear Deterrence (Gen Kevin Chilton, Strategic Studies Quarterly)
April 2018 - Sustaining the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent: The LRSO and GBSD
March 2018 - U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments and Issues
2018 Nuclear Poster Review
April 2017 - A New Nuclear Review for a New Age (National Institute for Public Policy)
January 2017 - America’s Nuclear Backbone: The Value of ICBMs and the New Ground Based Strategic Deterrent
October 2015 - A Nuclear Strategy and Posture for 2030
August 2015 - The Cost of U.S. Nuclear Forces: From BCA to Bow Wave and Beyond
2014 - The Future of the U.S. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Force
2013 - Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence
December 2013 - The Future of America's Strategic Deterrent
2010 Nuclear Posture Review
