Would Putin’s Russia Really Nuke Ukraine?
n Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine, could he conduct a nuclear strike on a Ukrainian city? Unfortunately, but unquestionably, the
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West, Russia mull nuclear steps in a ‘more dangerous’ world
Russia’s assault on Ukraine and its veiled threats of using nuclear arms have policymakers, past and present, thinking the unthinkable: How should
NATO realizing Russia may not stop with Ukraine
Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships
Putin’s Brutal War Shows the Dilemmas of Nuclear Deterrence
Even without having been used yet, nuclear weapons have shaped the war in Ukraine—and its outcomes will shape our views of nuclear
US doesn’t ‘seem prepared’ for possibility that Putin uses nuclear weapons: expert
The United States’ reactionary moves to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine suggest that it does not have an adequate plan in place to
Putin Still a Rational Man Who Won’t Use Nuclear Weapons, Top Experts Say
Despite the prevalence of opinions that Vladimir Putin has lost his mind, nuclear weapons experts continue to see the Russian president as
Stalled and frustrated, Putin will likely ‘double down’ in the coming weeks, CIA says
CIA Director William Burns said Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has fallen far short of Vladimir Putin’s expectations and that he
“I’ve studied the possible trajectories of the Russia-Ukraine war. None are good”
Wars sometimes start easily, but it is a tenet of strategy that they are always unpredictable and extremely hard to end. Putin’s
Russia ‘has gone all in’: Does Putin have a way out of his war in Ukraine?
Ukraine is still standing. That may be a surprise to Russia as its invasion grinds toward a third destructive week. Not only
The Ukraine power plant fire was contained. But nuclear experts fear what’s to come in Russia’s war.
For a small tribe of veteran atomic experts who helped secure the Soviet Union’s nuclear energy and missiles as it started to
Russia Really Could Use A Nuclear Weapon In The Ukraine Conflict
For those of you who are new to The DEFCON Warning System, you’ve probably been seeing a lot of alarming messages. Doom!
New nuclear anxieties triggered by Russia-Ukraine war. ‘Is anyone feeling this?’
Growing up in Las Vegas in the 1980s, Glynn Walker always knew he could die in a nuclear attack. The 43-year-old engineer