How is China modernizing its nuclear forces?
The advent of nuclear weapons fundamentally transformed the nature of warfare and strategy. Changes in policy, posture, and the number of nuclear
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Is ‘Little Rocket Man’ winning?
As of Dec. 26, Kim Jong-un’s “Christmas gift” to President Donald Trump had not arrived. Most foreign policy analysts predict it will
IDF preparing for confrontation with Iran – Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi
The IDF is preparing for a limited confrontation with the Islamic Republic as Israel continues to act against Iranian entrenchment, IDF Chief
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
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,