With Bob Monroe and John Hopkins

BOB MONROE, As Rear Admiral he commanded the South Atlantic Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, directed Navy Systems Analysis and commanded the Navy’s Operational Test and Evaluation Force, Has served on numerous advisory boards for the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of State, NASA, etc.:

• A brief history of U.S. nuclear capability
• Dangers of our weakening nuclear arsenal
• Why is the U.S. not permitted to conduct any nuclear tests?

JOHN HOPKINS, Nuclear physicist, Former Associate Director of Los Alamos National Lab, where he oversaw LANL’s nuclear weapons program:

• Consequences of America’s long cessation of nuclear testing
• Recommendations for how to best proceed in the future

(PART TWO):

• How slight alterations of certain nuclear weapons could achieve profound differences
• Critical safety issues that should be considered in the nuclear conversation

(PART THREE):

• Consequences of complacency in the nuclear arena
• Evidence that Russia has engaged in some low-yield testing