Ploughshares Fund
Director of the Ploughshares Group, a nuclear security organization
PROFILE
Paul Carroll
Guest
FROM Paul Carroll
Which Way, L.A.?
The US Navy has Trouble Keeping a Secret Missile-launches off the California coast aren't secret any more thanks to eerie light in the evening sky, cellphone cameras and social media. The Navy has now confirmed launches of Trident II missiles on Saturday night and yesterday afternoon. Landings at LAX will be restricted between midnight and 6am through Thursday. But a lot of questions remain, as we hear from Paul Carroll in the San Francisco office of the Ploughshares Fund.
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