This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 11:30 A.M., Friday, August 11th, 2017. Condition code is Blue. DEFCON 4. There are currently no imminent nuclear threats against the United States at this time, however there are events occurring in the world theater which require closer monitoring. Tensions between North Korea and the United
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Although they have been involved in several “show of force” missions over the Korean peninsula, the B-1B Lancers (“Bones” in accordance with the nickname used by their aircrews), that have been supporting the U.S. Pacific Command’s (USPACOM) Continuous Bomber Presence mission since Aug. 6, 2016, would probably not be involved in the very first stages
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Let’s deal first with the misconception that permeates a lot of Western thinking. North Korea can not be negotiated with over its nuclear weapons. It just isn’t happening. North Korea has a military-first Songun policy. The people are tools of the military and nothing more. Their entire country is devoted to the advancement of the
Read moreNorth Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence officials have concluded in a confidential assessment. The new analysis completed last month by the Defense Intelligence Agency comes on the heels of another intelligence
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While the internet has been a boon to communication and news, with its instant reporting, it also has been a bane to the same because of the same. News has not become more abundant today than it was two decades ago. Our access to that news has simply changed. And thus, the landscape of news
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This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 7 P.M., Tuesday, August 1st, 2017. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5. There are currently no imminent nuclear threats against the United States at this time. North Korea continues to advance its nuclear program, with test launches indicating the country now has the capability to strike
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The U.S. should move its nuclear weapons from Incirlik Air Base and start looking for alternatives to the longtime military hub in Turkey, a country that can no longer be fully relied on, analysts and former military officials said. The U.S. military maintains about 50 nuclear warheads at Incirlik, according to nuclear watchdog organizations. “It
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For the moment, at least, global concern about nuclear war is focused on North Korea. The Middle East nevertheless remains a possible site for future nuclear conflict, and Israel’s strategy for dealing with this prospect warrants close examination. Worth pointing out, too, is that these two seemingly discrete theaters of potential nuclear belligerency are not
Read moreOn May 12th, a high school model rocket team from North Carolina visited President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The students were visiting Washington to participate in an annual model rocketry competition. The White House invited the students after learning one of the teams had named its tiny rocket “Trump” because, as one student
Read moreThe construction boom in Pyongyang, along with other indicators of improved economic performance such as food production and foreign trade, provide further evidence of the ineffectiveness of current economic sanctions. The North Korean economy appears to be beating sanctions thanks to Chinese aid and trade, as well as the reallocation of conventional defense spending to
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