WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has deployed a new addition to its nuclear arsenal — a long-range missile armed with a nuclear warhead of reduced destructive power.
Representative Mike Turner’sessay on nuclear weaponsinThe New York Times(We Must Invest in Our Aging Nuclear Arsenal,September 6, 2024) is dangerously loyal to counterproductive US national security policies and narratives. Turner’s lamentation over foreign nuclear weapons programs ignores destabilizing...
A further build-up of US nuclear capabilities would have little effect on whether China might resort to using nuclear weapons in a war over Taiwan, the first large-scale unclassified war game on such a scenario has found. A growing number of US experts have recommended Washington acquire more ...
"AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine cooperation contravenes the object and purpose of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)," Lin said, adding the cooperation involves the transfer of nuclear-powered submarine reactors and a large amount of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium ...
The change in strategy is being presented by the Biden administration as based on concerns about "possible coordinated nuclear confrontations with Russia, China and North Korea" and the expansion of Chinese nuclear weapons stockpile. Which is a false proposition intended to serve and disguise the lat...
Nuclear Forces, 2015 to 2024Nuclear weapons have been a cornerstone of U.S. national security since they were developed during World War II. During the Cold War, nuclear forces were central to U.S. defense policy, resulting in the buildup of a large arsenal. Since that time, they have ...
The war in Ukraine has plunged relations between Russia and the West to their most dangerous point since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, when the United States and the Soviet Union came close to a nuclear confrontation. Russia last year said it was deploying...
ing a new nuclear arms race, but with the treaty set to expire in 2026, the Russian leader’s announcement will further complicate diplomatic efforts to extend or negotiate a new treaty between the United States and Russia, which together hold about 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons...
December 13 2024 Nuclear proliferation US nuclear build-up would not help deter China from using atomic weapons in Taiwan, war game finds Unclassified exercise by CSIS and MIT suggests Washington should not go beyond current modernisation plans ...
US nuclear weapons have been deployed in Europe since the mid-1950s, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorised their storage at allied Nato bases on the continent for use against the Soviet Union. Beyond the alliance’s three nuclear powers – France, the UK and US – five others member...