Amid trade spat, US-China military tensions soar
The bitter trade dispute between China and the US is increasingly spilling into the military domain, with a risky incident in the
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America and North Korea Need To Work Toward a Stable Nuclear Deterrence
“Deterrence is concerned with influencing the choices that another party will make, and doing it by influencing his expectations of how we
United States Has a New Weapon to Cause Cyber Mayhem
The White House took a first step this week to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to launch “crippling, crippling” cyberattacks on adversaries
Trump admits friendship with China’s Xi could be over
US President Donald Trump admitted his friendship with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping could be over on Wednesday as he accused Beijing
United States Officials Express Doubts on Future of Nuke Pact with Russia
Russian arms control violations and other malign activities are eroding the confidence and trust required to extend a critical nuclear agreement between
United States, Russia remain at ‘impasse’ over Open Skies treaty flights
The United States and Russia continue to be at odds with each other over a military verification treaty, to the point where
Russia reportedly warned Mattis it could use nuclear weapons in Europe, and it made him see Moscow as an ‘existential threat’ to the US
At some point during the Trump administration, Russia told Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that it could use nuclear weapons in the event
United States and Russia are Headed Toward a Hypersonic Showdown
<ore than sixty years ago, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir John Slessor, one of the authors of Britain’s nuclear deterrence
The US Government Is Updating Its Nuclear Disaster Plans And They Are Truly Terrifying
Amid concerns over North Korea, federal emergency managers are updating disaster plans to account for large nuclear detonations over the 60 largest
The Secret World of NORAD
About halfway through the tunnel, our bus driver stops beside two steel blast doors, each weighing 25 tons and measuring three feet
As Russians describe ‘verbal agreements’ at summit, U.S. officials scramble for clarity
Two days after President Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials offered a string of assertions about what the two
Trump charm offensive a strategic bid to detach Russia from China: experts
For 18 months, the Trump administration has taken numerous firm actions against the Kremlin, and foreign policy analysts say President Trump’s charm