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At the end of April, two upgraded Chinese Type-094 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) reportedly went into service. But China’s SSBN capability is a far less important component of its nuclear deterrent than its land-based missile force. And that nuclear …
SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s idea to bomb Mars to terraform the environment and make it suitable for humans to live on is a ploy to launch nuclear weapons in space, according to Russia’s space chief on Wednesday. The South African-born …
The U.S. Justice Department has accused a network of North Korean and Chinese citizens of secretly advancing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program by channeling at least $2.5 billion in illicit payments through hundreds of front companies. The indictment, unsealed Thursday …
The president believes he alone can negotiate away nuclear weapons and win a Nobel prize – but he has quit three treaties and gutted his administration of expert. The Trump administration signaled this week that it was ready to get …
After an absence lasting a little more than three weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reappeared in state media after having presided over a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Military Commision, the Korean Central News …
The Trump administration considered whether to conduct the first US nuclear test explosion in 28 years in a recent meeting with top security officials, according to the Washington Post. The prospect of restarting testing reportedly came up in a meeting …
U.S. rhetoric over the redeployment of American nuclear weapons from Germany to Poland is a factor worsening relations between Russia and NATO, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in response to a statement by US ambassador in Warsaw Georgette …
President Trump has decided to withdraw from another major arms control accord, he and other officials said Thursday, and will inform Russia that the United States is pulling out of the Open Skies Treaty, negotiated three decades ago to allow …
Expressing deep frustration over stalled nuclear talks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned of unspecified “shocking” action and that his country will soon reveal a new “strategic weapon” to the world as its bolsters its nuclear deterrent in face …
Composure and consistency are hardly attributes that can be ascribed to U.S.-North Korea relations under the Trump administration. The shifts have been sharp and sudden. It went from aggressive hostility with mutual threats in 2016/2017, to an infatuated friendship and …
The world’s nuclear-armed nations spent a record $73bn on their weapons last year, with the US spending almost as much as the eight other states combined, according to a new report. The new spending figures, reflecting the highest expenditure on …
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressed concern in an interview Tuesday that record high budget deficits could prevent the Pentagon from properly funding the country’s nuclear arsenal. As the federal budget deficit exceeded $738 billion in April and is expected …