Does America fear confronting Iran? – opinion
Amid the regional and international meltdown, the million-dollar question seems to be: Does the US fear a direct military confrontation with Iran,
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Where the Wargames Weren’t: Assessing 10 Years of U.S.-Chinese Military Assessments
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. defense community has produced a tremendous volume of analytical work on the military balance between
Satellite images show increased activity at nuclear test sites in Russia, China and US
Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent
Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons
In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation’s nuclear warheads. The job is
The U.S. Military is Unequipped for High-Intensity Combat
Repairing military equipment in a high-intensity conflict against a great power competitor should be identified as a gray rhino—a high impact, high
China, Russia taking ‘batting practice’ in air intercepts of aging US aircraft, general says
Russian and Chinese forces are growing bolder in their aerial intercepts of U.S. aircraft, in part because they’re no longer intimidated by
The Case for Urgency With China
Policymakers often assume the United States can deter China from invading Taiwan or win if deterrence fails. But that is no longer
The ‘Real Nuclear Crisis’ Fear Behind a Single Pentagon Document
The United States may be looking to station nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom for the first time in 15 years—and the
America Cannot Dismiss China’s 10-Dash Map
Last week, China released a new map called the 10-Dash map as a successor to Dash-9. This map represents an escalation by
This Is the Worst Place to Be If There’s a Nuclear Attack on America
This January, as global tensions rose worldwide, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock — which symbolizes how close they
2023 USSTRATCOM Deterrence Symposium
The 2023 U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium was held Aug. 16-17 in downtown Omaha, Neb.
Moving to ‘deterrence’ to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran
Washington’s fixation on the war in Ukraine is understandable given the horrors of Russian violence and atrocities. Unfortunately, while Washington is focused