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Science 15 June 2007:
Vol. 316. no. 5831, p. 1541
DOI: 10.1126/science.1142191
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Editorial

Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation

Raymond Jeanloz1

The United States is considering the development and deployment of new nuclear weapon designs, the objective being to sustain the nation's ultimate deterrent for the foreseeable future.* These initiatives are presented as supporting the highest U.S. security priorities, which include countering the threats of terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons--priorities that are widely shared internationally.

1Raymond Jeanloz is a professor in the Departments of Earth and Planetary Science and of Astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, and chairs the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' Committee on International Security and Arms Control.

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