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
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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
U.S. intel chief warns of devastating cyber threat to U.S. infrastructure
The U.S. intelligence chief warned on Friday that the threat was growing for a devastating cyber assault on critical U.S. infrastructure, saying
Government watchdog says United States nuke-detection plan is lacking
A new government watchdog report says the U.S. government’s plan for detecting nuclear proliferation is lacking in detail, raising questions about government’s
Beneath the surface, a quiet superpower race for nuclear supremacy
The world’s three largest naval powers are all developing the next generation of their nuclear submarine fleets, accelerating the underwater arms race
How the United States Protects Its Citizens and Allies from Ballistic Missiles
The skies were calm over Oahu, Hawaii, one terrifying Saturday morning this past January. There on the beach you would have seen
Poking the bear: United States Air Force builds in Russia’s backyard
As the U.S. Defense Department expands its presence in Europe, the Air Force has quietly ramped up investments that would enable it