At the height of the Cold War, the United States and the then-Soviet Union possessed around 70,000 nuclear warheads between them — enough to destroy or poison every square centimeter of inhabited land on Earth several times over. Somewhat ironically, the concept of “mutually assured destruction” (MAD), whereby the full-scale use of nuclear weapons by […]
U.S. Nuclear Posture Review: A Bigger Bang for the Buck?…
U.S. Spy Aircraft Flew Between Russian Bases in Syria During Drone Attack…
The Russian military in Syria has disrupted a massive attack with the use of battle drones on its facilities in the country on January 6, intercepting six and shooting down seven more UAVs launched by militants. The US Navy’s Boeing P-8 Poseidon was on a patrol mission in the area between the Russian Hmeimim airbase […]
Russia Defends Syrian Military Bases from Massive Drone Attack…
Is President Trump’s Nuclear Button Tweet a Sign of Insanity?…
On CNN yesterday, Jake Tapper described President Trump’s recent behavior — including the President’s tweet about having a bigger nuclear “button” than North Korea — as abnormal and unstable. In other words, crazy. Is it? One folksy definition of “crazy” is that it involves trying over and over again a solution that has never worked […]
Declassified Docs: U.S., Germany, France, Britain Assured Gorbachev Against NATO Expansion…
U.S. Secretary of State James Baker’s famous “not one inch eastward” assurance about NATO expansion in his meeting with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on February 9, 1990, was part of a cascade of assurances about Soviet security given by Western leaders to Gorbachev and other Soviet officials throughout the process of German unification in 1990 […]
Putin: U.S. Decision on Jerusalem Is Destabilizing Middle East…
Top US, Chinese Generals Talk North Korea After Missile Test…
Top generals from the US and Chinese armed forces met in Washington this week following North Korea’s latest missile provocation. The meetings were held on Wednesday and Thursday, just hours after Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile test early Wednesday morning. People’s Liberation Army Maj. Gen. Shao Yuanming and the US Defense Department’s Lt. Gen Richard Clarke […]
Russia’s UN Ambassador Urges North Korea Restraint…
North Korea Declares Completion of Nuclear Force After Missile Test…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared the completion of the country’s nuclear force after the successful launch of a long-range missile capable of reaching all parts of the United States, making it the country’s third and most advanced test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile was launched at 2:48 a.m. local time […]
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