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Talk of Preventive War Rises in White House Over North Korea

Not since 2002, as the United States built a case for war in Iraq, has there been so much debate inside the

U.S. missile defense plans to zap North Korean threats

North Korea’s rapid march to develop a nuclear-armed ballistic missile capable of striking the United States has spurred the U.S. military and Congress

White House knocks defense bill’s Crimea, INF Treaty provisions

The Trump administration on Wednesday took issue with a number of provisions in the House version of the annual defense policy bill,

U.S. missile shield not yet ready for North Korean nukes

Tens of billions of dollars spent over three decades have still left the Pentagon with no reliable way to shoot down nuclear-tipped

Russia is a serious threat to the US, according to a new Pentagon report

A Pentagon report released Wednesday warns of a rising military threat from Russia and says the Kremlin believes the United States is

US House bill threatens Russia with nuclear treaty suspension

The House Armed Services Committee’s $696.5 billion defense policy bill includes several provisions aimed at curtailing rising Russian aggression, including the possible suspension

Nuclear lab shutdown endangers US arsenal

An extended shutdown of the nation’s only scientific laboratory for producing and testing the plutonium cores for its nuclear weapons has taken

Specialists Think North Korea Poses Nuclear Threat to Hawaii

Nuclear arms experts think North Korea already has, or soon will have, the ability to target Hawaii with a nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic

Taking the Edge off U.S.-Russia Strategic Relations

Secretary of State Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov have agreed in principle to resume strategic stability talks. The United States and

On a Tiny Norwegian Island, America Keeps an Eye on Russia

The population of the Arctic island of Vardo has shrunk to half of what it was 20 years ago, and the fishing

US Swipes at China Signal a Micro Policy Shift in Disputed Sea

The U.S. government is challenging China over its dominant position in Asia’s major maritime sovereignty dispute, but those moves, after months of

China missiles capable of sending nukes to Western Pacific

China deployed new ballistic missiles last year capable of delivering nuclear warheads to ground targets in the Western Pacific, the Pentagon said.