U.S. Military Warns of Threat From Chinese-Run Space Station in Argentina
Senior U.S. defense officials are growing increasingly concerned that the Chinese military can monitor and potentially target U.S. and allied satellites from
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For Putin, economic and political reality dampen appetite for arms race
With his ratings down and state funds needed to hedge against new Western sanctions and raise living standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin
DEFCON Warning System Digest – Ask Me Anything
Everything you wanted to know about The DEFCON Warning System and its Director…and maybe some stuff you didn’t want to know!
The weapons making nuclear war more likely
The threat of nuclear war fills people with fear. Yet the increasingly blurred line between nuclear and conventional weapons is heightening the
Why China and Russia are Vying for Influence Over the Balkans
It was Otto von Bismarck, architect for Germany’s unification and rise to world power, who is alleged to have referred to the
7 Things America Can Do to Counter International Nuclear Threats
ifteen years ago, the global effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons was dealt an enormous shock. In the aftermath of
Putin taunts Trump: 400 Russian military contractors sent to Venezuela in support of Maduro
Russia is playing a high-stakes game in the mounting crisis in Venezuela, where socialist President Nicolas Maduro has been mortgaging part of
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This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 2 P.M., Tuesday, February 1st, 2019. Condition code is Green. DEFCON 5. There
US intel chiefs share latest assessment of North Korea, Iran nuclear programs
Directly contradicting President Donald Trump, U.S. intelligence agencies told Congress on Tuesday that North Korea is unlikely to dismantle its nuclear arsenal,
Iran’s Space Odyssey Raises Red Flags for Nuclear Community
Khomeini Space Center. The two-hundred-pound satellite, called Payam (message in Farsi), was designed and produced at Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology. According
Warren, Smith introduce bill to bar US from using nuclear weapons first
Two key Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would ensure the U.S. does not fire nuclear weapons first in a potential future
NRC issues final rule on Fukushima lessons
The Mitigation of Beyond-Design-Basis-Events Rule will require US commercial reactors to maintain resources and procedures to cool a reactor’s core and used