China, Russia Join for Push to Split U.S. From Allies
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The DEFCON Warning System’s Russia coverage focuses on developments that could affect nuclear risk, strategic stability, and the possibility of escalation between Russia, NATO, the United States, and other nuclear-armed states. Coverage includes Russian nuclear forces and doctrine, strategic weapons, military exercises, command and control, warning systems, nuclear signalling, Russia–NATO tensions, the war in Ukraine, and other developments with potential consequences for nuclear deterrence and global security.
This archive brings together current reporting, analysis, and longer-form assessments concerning Russia’s military posture, nuclear policy, strategic intentions, and the wider security environment. Particular attention is given to developments that could materially alter the risk of nuclear use or major-power confrontation, while distinguishing routine rhetoric and military activity from genuine changes in strategic danger.
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The real purpose of Russia’s 100 megaton underwater nuclear doomsday device
Ever since 2015 when images of a Russian nuclear torpedo first leaked on state television, the world has asked itself why Moscow
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
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
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
Russia’s Arabic Propaganda: What it is, why it matters
INFORMATION MANIPULATION is a key foreign policy tool that Russia utilizes to pursue its anti-Western agenda. Dmitry Kiselyov, one of the Kremlin’s
After the INF Treaty, What Is Next?
If the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty collapses in 2019, the United States, key U.S. allies, and Russia will face critical
Russia to Deploy Precision Strike Missiles in Western Atlantic
Russia is deploying long-range, precision cruise missiles to the western Atlantic that American defense officials say will allow Moscow to target Washington
Putin issues ominous warning on rising nuclear war threat
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a chilling warning Thursday about the rising threat of a nuclear war, putting the blame squarely on
China and Russia: A Strategic Alliance in the Making
HE YEAR before he died in 2017, one of America’s leading twentieth-century strategic thinkers, Zbigniew Brzezinski, sounded an alarm. In analyzing threats
Is nuclear disarmament set to self-destruct?
Never has the future of nuclear arms control seemed so uncertain. At risk is not just the collapse of existing treaties, but
Standoff Over INF Treaty Enters New Phase As U.S. Reveals Details Of Russian Missile
The United States’ top intelligence official has quietly revealed key new details about Russia’s alleged violations of a bedrock Cold War nuclear