The DEFCON Warning System™

The World’s Only Public Nuclear Threat Advisory System. Independent, real-time analysis of global nuclear tensions. Since 1984.

United States

by Thomas Lonely Wolf We’ve all seen the headlines: A New Cold War. Tensions With Russia Climbing. The New World War. Politicians

by Joachim Hagopian Right now the US mainstream media is obsessing over Donald’s alleged womanizing and female groping soap opera as the

by Pepe Escobar Hot war? Hillary Clinton may have pulled a Julius Caesar over Gaddafi. But she’s realist enough to not pull

Russians consider US elections important; see Trump victory as chance to mend relations Over half of Russians think that the outcome of

By Thomas Lonely Wolf Most people know by now that the United States planned to launch a cyberattack on Russia over the

by Robert S. Hopkins, III To paraphrase Nobel-laureate and Manhattan Project physicist Joseph Rotblat, the Cold War is over, but Cold War

by Thomas Lonely Wolf When it comes to East and West — especially Russia and the United States — we may live