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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle

@mknight.bsky.social
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Research and Project Manager @ Federation of American Scientists - Nuclear Information Project Mother to a demonic chihuahua named Pippin 🐾 Views are my own

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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Google Earth has recently begun blurring out military sites in South Korea. Read more in the debut blog by our team's newest @scovillepf.bsky.social fellow, Sachi Barnaby, on @scientistsorg.bsky.social:
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Now You Don't: Excessive Military Secrecy On Google Earth
This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and...
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our latest @scientistsorg.bsky.social Nuclear Notebook is out in @thebulletin.org! Read at the link below for our team's up-to-date estimates on India's nuclear forces 🇮🇳👇
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Indian nuclear weapons, 2026
As India expands its nuclear stockpile to an estimated 190 warheads and ramps up plutonium production with its new fast breeder reactor, major technological strides in MIRV-equipped Agni-V missiles, r...
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hey @google what the absolute hell are you doing www.404media.co/google-earth...
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Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I'm excited to share that I've been promoted to Research and Project Manager for the Nuclear Information Project @scientistsorg.bsky.social! Pinching myself everyday that I get to work and grow on this team. Forever grateful to @mattkorda.bsky.social and @nukestrat.bsky.social for believing in me 🥲
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🚨 Our 2026 Russia Nuclear Notebook is out! 🚨 Check it out below ⬇️⬇️ @scientistsorg.bsky.social
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 13/03/2026
The latest Nuclear Notebook takes a look at the United States, which has embarked on a wide-ranging nuclear modernization program. Read more from @nukestrat.bsky.social, @mattkorda.bsky.social, @elianajjohns.bsky.social, and @mknight.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social. ⬇️
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United States nuclear weapons, 2026
The United States has embarked on a wide-ranging nuclear modernization program. We estimate that it maintains a stockpile of approximately 3,700 warheads—an unchanged estimate from the previous year.
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Arms Control Pope
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Fixed it for you @nytimes.com
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
THAT’S MY HEISMANDOZA
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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Charlie Becker don't miss
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I frickin knew the East Wing “ballroom” construction was actually a cover for a new ICBM silo
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Ploughshares @ploughshares.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
"A world where we're living under constant threat of nuclear use isn't a world we have to accept." — @mknight.bsky.social | Nuclear Information Project, @scientistsorg.bsky.social
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
‼️ Our latest @scientistsorg.bsky.social Nuclear Notebook is out: The changing nuclear landscape in Europe Nuclear postures in Europe are evolving, and the role of nukes is on the rise... 🔗 Read more here! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A map of Europe with nonstrategic nuclear weapons sites labeled.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Had so much fun creating my first ever ArcGIS StoryMap based on a report by the amazing @christinaisa.bsky.social that breaks down for aspiring analysts how to do satellite imagery analysis of nuclear sites. Check out the StoryMap at the link in the post below!⬇️⬇️
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Three days after Trump created a storm of confusion and concern by announcing he had directed Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons, Secretary of Energy finally clarifies US tests are”noncritical” that don’t produce a nuclear explosion. apnews.com/article/trum...
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Trump's testing plans for US nuclear weapons won't include explosions, energy secretary says
Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that new tests of the U.S. nuclear weapons system ordered up by President Donald Trump will not include nuclear explosions.
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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Nuclear Information Project Senior Research Associates + Nuclear Notebook co-authors @mknight.bsky.social and @elianajjohns.bsky.social break down the President's interesting post about a return to nuclear testing line by line. 📍 www.instagram.com/reel/DQegwky...
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
1/n - Trump says something about nuclear weapons tests...It’s hard to know what he means. As usual, he’s unclear, all over the map, and wrong. 1. The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. Wrong. Russia has more nuclear weapons than the United States.
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Andrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 30/10/2025
We're getting nights like this basically monthly now, and the major funders of nuclear policy work are still retreating
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Me making a social media appearance for the first time in months to make fun of Donald Trump
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a woman in a pink skirt is standing in a doorway
ALT: a woman in a pink skirt is standing in a doorway
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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
[sigh] - We don't have the most - We're just getting started on "update and renovation" - Other countries aren't testing - DOW (DOD) doesn't do that - It's not happening immediately lol
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Interestingly, following recent reports that Sentinel would require "predominantly" new silos, the GAO report says only: "the Air Force is reassessing all aspects of its plan to field Sentinel, including the extent to which Sentinel will use the existing Minuteman III launch facilities."
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
With the new GAO Sentinel report out, this feels like a great time to promote @mattkorda.bsky.social and I's recent report on Sentinel: The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle. We knew the Air Force would have to life-extend MMIII (and that they could have all along). Read more below 👇
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The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle - Federation of American Scientists
Nearly one year after the Pentagon certified the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to continue after it incurred critical cost and schedule overruns, the new nuclear missile could on...
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
GAO confirms what Defense Daily reported back in January: "Air Force officials are assessing options to potentially operate Minuteman III through 2050." I seem to recall many arguments in favor of Sentinel resting on the premise that Minuteman could not be life extended 🤔
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
New report from the GAO on the Sentinel ICBM program 👀 this should be good
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
don't worry guys there's gonna be a coffee bar at the new F-35 complex at Kleine-Brogel www.jandenul.com/news/foundat...
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
With deranged chest-thumper in Oval Office, what to think about president having sole authority to order launch of US nukes? My colleague @mknight.bsky.social does deep dive on history, mechanics, and proposed changes to this arrangement. It’s not a black and white as you might think.👇
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The president has sole authority to order nuclear use- How did we get here? How does it work? What’s the issue? Can we solve it? My new @scientistsorg.bsky.social report on nuclear launch authority in the U.S. - “All the King’s Weapons” - is out! Read it below 👇 fas.org/publication/...
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
My colleagues and I here at the FAS Nuclear Information Project have posted this analysis of the nukes at the Chinese victory day parade. If you have corrections/suggestions, please let us know. fas.org/publication/...
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Nuclear Weapons At China's 2025 Victory Day Parade - Federation of American Scientists
This buildup appears to contradict China's obligations under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and could well stimulate nuclear buildups in the United States and India.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Lots to read from our team today! 🚨 Our latest @scientistsorg.bsky.social nuclear notebook is out in @thebulletin.org: 🇵🇰 Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2025 by @nukestrat.bsky.social, @mattkorda.bsky.social, @elianajjohns.bsky.social, and yours truly Read it below ⬇️
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Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2025
Pakistan currently has a stockpile of approximately 170 nuclear warheads—a number that could potentially grow to around 200 by the late 2020s.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
TL;DR of nukes at China's military parade yesterday: 🤔 DF-61 - new ICBM?? 🕳️ DF-31BJ - silo loader? ✈️ air-launched ballistic missile? 🔺 entire nuclear triad displayed for first time Read our @scientistsorg.bsky.social team's full analysis below:
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Nuclear Weapons At China's 2025 Victory Day Parade - Federation of American Scientists
This buildup appears to contradict China's obligations under the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and could well stimulate nuclear buildups in the United States and India.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
If u need me I'll be grumbling in the corner about China calling the new ALBM the JL-1
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
My sister and I are running the Chicago Marathon this October to raise money for the American Liver Foundation, and we’re just over $1000 away from our $5k goal! Please consider donating at the following link to help us reach the finish line 🤩🏁: liverlifechallenge.org/chicago/supp...
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
80 years since the US dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. This is not history - there are still survivors of this bombing alive today. It is our duty, as the last generation capable of hearing their direct testimony, to listen to their stories and ensure it never happens again.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Absolutely disgusted and disappointed to be a Hoosier with this news. Giving a literal concentration camp a quirky alliterative name - especially one that’s supposed to invoke some sort of Indiana pride - is pure evil.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
It’s not every job where you get to teach a roomful of aspiring OSINT practitioners how to dissect and analyze satellite imagery for nuclear weapons research. But this is a real workplace hazard at @scientistsorg.bsky.social. Inaugural OSINT Bootcamp was 💯🤩 Let's do it again every day, ok guys? 🥹
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
My latest in @postopinions.bsky.social - the 5th installment of our @scientistsorg.bsky.social series "The Next Nuclear Age" How a president might come to launch a nuclear strike Massive thanks to @sebphilippe.bsky.social for helping us model what a nuclear attack on DC might look like ⬇️⬇️
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Opinion | How a nuclear attack on the U.S. might unfold, step by step
A scenario of America’s response to an incoming nuclear attack.
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Federation of American Scientists @scientistsorg.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
NEW REPORT from @nukestrat.bsky.social, @mattkorda.bsky.social, @elianajjohns.bsky.social, and @mknight.bsky.social, with generous support from @norskfolkehjelp.bsky.social 🔗 fas.org/publication/targeting-strategies-nuclear-armed-states/
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨Our @scientistsorg.bsky.social team's latest piece is out in our Next Nuclear Age series with @postopinions.bsky.social:🚨 @jonatomic.bsky.social, @nukestrat.bsky.social, and @mattkorda.bsky.social discuss the uncertain and worrisome future of nuclear proliferation in this phenomenal piece:
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Opinion | What’s making some countries daydream about nukes again?
With or without Iran, the number of nuclear states could double, raising the risk of catastrophe.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/06/2025
Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
Zohran Mamdani is pictured speaking. Headline reads: "Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary." Photo credit: Scott Heins for The New York Times.
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Matt Korda @mattkorda.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
An administration that claims to be obsessed with eliminating waste should look no further than the Sentinel ICBM program. @mknight.bsky.social and I have done a deep dive into the system; we explore why the program is so behind schedule, over-budget, and poorly managed. 👇 fas.org/publication/...
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The Two-Hundred Billion Dollar Boondoggle - Federation of American Scientists
Nearly one year after the Pentagon certified the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program to continue after it incurred critical cost and schedule overruns, the new nuclear missile could on...
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🚀In our latest @scientistsorg.bsky.social report, @mattkorda.bsky.social & I spill all things Sentinel: ✅ How did we get here? 📈 Why does the cost keep rising? 🤷‍♀️ Where's the program at now? 🕳️ What's up with the new silo situation?? Read here ⬇️⬇️
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Interesting point here: the two largest military strikes on Iran’s facilities have not slowed the Iranian program as much as JCPOA did.
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John Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Escalation is when you retaliate for an illegal and unprovoked attack - restraint is when you do whatever the aggressor wants www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
"Three minutes, a football and a biscuit," writes @mknight.bsky.social, a senior research associate at @scientistsorg.bsky.social. "These are all a president of the United States needs to start nuclear war."
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Opinion | Only one American can start a nuclear war: The president
The American president has the sole authority to order a nuclear strike, even if every adviser in the room is against it.
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Like I said- unfortunately timely 🫣
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Mackenzie Knight-Boyle @mknight.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Really proud of my new piece on the president’s nuclear launch authority for our team @scientistsorg.bsky.social’s Next Nuclear Age series in @washingtonpost.com ! Unfortunately it turned out to be quite a timely one. Give it a read ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Opinion | Only one American can start a nuclear war: The president
The American president has the sole authority to order a nuclear strike, even if every adviser in the room is against it.
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Hans Kristensen @nukestrat.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The third in our series of Washington Post articles is public: This one, written by my colleague @mknight.bsky.social, describes how the US president (yes Trump!) has the authority to order a nuclear strike, even if every adviser in the room is against it. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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Opinion | Only one American can start a nuclear war: The president
The American president has the sole authority to order a nuclear strike, even if every adviser in the room is against it.
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