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DEFCON Warning System – Update 6/13/2017
Announcements June 14, 2017 , by DEFCON Warning System
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 7 P.M., Tuesday, June 13th, 2017. Condition code [...]
Nuclear lab shutdown endangers US arsenal
United States June 23, 2017 , by Center for Public Integrity
An extended shutdown of the nation’s only scientific laboratory for producing and testing the plutonium cores for [...]
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Specialists Think North Korea Poses Nuclear Threat to Hawaii
Korea, United States June 22, 2017 , by William Cole
Nuclear arms experts think North Korea already has, or soon will have, the ability to target Hawaii [...]
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Taking the Edge off U.S.-Russia Strategic Relations
Russia, United States June 18, 2017 , by Steven Pifer
Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov have agreed in principle to resume strategic stability [...]
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On a Tiny Norwegian Island, America Keeps an Eye on Russia
Russia, United States June 16, 2017 , by Andrew Higgins
The population of the Arctic island of Vardo has shrunk to half of what it was 20 [...]
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Under the radar, Russia plays a double game in tense Korean crisis
Korea, Russia June 11, 2017 , by L. Todd Wood
President Trump has made a big deal since his election about his new relationship with Chinese President [...]
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North Korea Dreams of Turning Out the Lights
Korea June 9, 2017 , by Henry F. Cooper
Conventional wisdom holds that it will be years before North Korea can credibly threaten the United States [...]
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US Swipes at China Signal a Micro Policy Shift in Disputed Sea
China, United States June 8, 2017 , by Ralph Jennings
The U.S. government is challenging China over its dominant position in Asia’s major maritime sovereignty dispute, but [...]
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Head of U.S. missile defense says North Korea missile advances a ‘great concern’
Korea June 7, 2017 , by David Brunnstrom
The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral James Syring, said on Wednesday that technological [...]
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China missiles capable of sending nukes to Western Pacific
China, United States June 7, 2017 , by Bloomberg
China deployed new ballistic missiles last year capable of delivering nuclear warheads to ground targets in the [...]