North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts say
Just before North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, scientists strapped their newest rocket engine to a test stand
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A nuclear attack would most likely target one of 6 US cities. Simulated images show how a Hiroshima-like explosion would affect each.
A nuclear attack on US soil would most likely target one of six cities, according to one expert: New York, Chicago, Houston,
Delusions of Peace: Assessing North Korea, 2017-19
“Kim Jong-un’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year.” As far as headlines go, that is hard to beat for flamboyance or
As the US, China, and Russia build new nuclear weapons systems, how will AI be built-in?
Researchers in the United States and elsewhere are paying a lot of attention to the prospect that in the coming years new
Inside the Collapse of the United States’ Korea Policy
arlier this month, at a NATO summit in London, Donald Trump declared that “we have peace” with North Korea and that he
Arctic Council creates new expert group on nuclear emergencies
Two fatal accidents during the summer of 2019 was a wake-up call for radiation emergency authorities monitoring northern waters. On July 1st,
DEFCON Warning System Digest – Ask Me Anything 12/19
Our annual Ask Me Anything, 2019 edition
High-level, N.K. defector implores Trump to foment coup; tells president he’s been duped
A high-level defector from Kim Jong-un’s regime has sent a letter to President Trump warning that he has been “tricked” into believing
Effectiveness of landscape decontamination following the Fukushima nuclear accident: a review
The Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident in March 2011 resulted in the contamination of Japanese landscapes with radioactive fallout. Accordingly,
NATO No Longer Serves American Interests
President Donald Trump returned early from the London NATO summit. Staged to satisfy British Prime Minister Boris Johnson—the official 70th-anniversary meeting was held
Russia Should Fear What France Will Do to Protect Its Satellites
France is arming its orbital satellites with lasers and machine guns. “If our satellites are threatened, we envisage blinding those of our
Assessing North Korea’s Cyber Evolution
As the internet quickly expanded across the globe and changed the nature of business and communication, Western nations capitalized on its capabilities.