China’s Rare Earth Dominance: How Usable a Weapon?
As Washington and Beijing brace for a protracted trade war, Chinese sources increasingly discuss the potential for weaponizing the Middle Kingdom’s major
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Questionable Alliances: Why America Needs to Reexamine Its International Relationships
Modern circumstances continue to bear out the prescience of America’s founders. Especially George Washington’s warning against “entangling alliances.” In contrast, U.S. policymakers
United States’ reliance on pressure tactics is showing diminishing returns
President Donald Trump’s brinkmanship with Mexico over immigration has opened a new and risky front in his global campaign to pressure other
Is the U.S.-Iran nuclear standoff cooling down or heating up? – analysis
On May 5, the US announced that it was moving a naval flotilla into the Persian Gulf which included significant additional aerial
A Stealth F-35 with Laser Weapons: The Ultimate Nuclear Missile Killer?
The Pentagon is working with industry to explore the possibility that bomb, missile or laser-armed F-35s could destroy an attacking nuclear-armed Intercontinental
Trump, frustrated by advisers, is not convinced the time is right to attack Iran
The Trump administration has been on high alert in response to what military and intelligence officials have deemed specific and credible threats
How to Win America’s Next War
The era of untrammeled U.S. military superiority is over. If the United States delays implementing a new approach, it risks losing a
U.S. Seeks Broader Nuclear Arms Pact
President Donald Trump has ordered his staff to seek a new agreement on nuclear weapons that would encompass all Russian and Chinese
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Schriver Press Briefing on the 2019 Report on Military and Security Developments in China
STAFF: Hey, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. I’m Lieutenant Colonel Dave Eastburn. I’m the spokesman for Asia-Pacific Security Affairs here at the Pentagon,
United States nuclear forces, 2019
The Nuclear Notebook is researched and written by Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project with the Federation of American
Official: U.S. Far Behind China, Russia in Modernizing Nuclear Arsenal
China and Russia had their money on winning asymmetric advantages in conventional and nuclear forces in the last decade, and now the
Fact You May Not Know: America Has Nuked Itself 1,032 Times
A handful of nuclear tests were conducted in Alaska, or more specifically the Aleutian island of Amchitka. The first test, in October