Nuclear Weapons

In a letter Monday to House leadership, 102 Republicans led by Mike Turner of Ohio, a House Armed Services subcommittee chairman, said the $561 billion in Pentagon spending requested by President Obama is the minimum they will accept.Â (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Turner’s cryptic warning sets Washington abuzz with talk of Russian nuclear weapons designed to blind US satellites

Jamie McIntyre · February 15, 2024 7:06 am

NATO’s Europeans to set spending record

Joel Gehrke · February 14, 2024 4:04 pm

North Korea is preparing for war

Jamie McIntyre · February 8, 2024 8:00 pm

South Korea confronts Russia over North Korea nuclear ties

Joel Gehrke · January 22, 2024 3:36 pm

This image made from video of an undated still image broadcasted in a news bulletin on Tuesday, May 30, 2017, by North Korea's KRT shows a missile launch. President Trump's Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a Russian-based company Thursday for aiding North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

We’ve made progress on our nuclear deterrent, but much more is needed

Rep. Doug Lamborn and Robert Peters · January 22, 2024 7:00 am

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a year-end plenary meeting of the ruling Workersâ Party, which was held between Tuesday, Dec. 26, and Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. The Korean language watermark on the image as provided by the source reads "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea’s Kim says he’ll launch three more spy satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 2024

Associated Press · December 30, 2023 10:53 pm

Twelve Days of WEX-mas: New round of nuclear proliferation looms over unstable world order

Twelve Days of WEX-mas: New round of nuclear proliferation looms over unstable world order

Joel Gehrke · December 28, 2023 6:00 am

The U.S. is building few traditional large nuclear plants like this one and is instead focusing on developing smaller reactors.

Nuclear power’s future opposed by some progressive groups

Washington Examiner · December 26, 2023 12:49 pm

Washington Secrets

Jaw-dropping find: Manhattan Project autographed book signed by Oppenheimer and 23 others

Paul Bedard · December 18, 2023 2:41 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

An urgent warning: The US needs to prepare to fight Russia and China simultaneously

Jamie McIntyre · October 27, 2023 9:45 am

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building at sunset seen from Upper Senate Park in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

US needs to update nuclear posture to defend against China and Russia: Congressional commission

Mike Brest · October 16, 2023 7:40 am

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) walks on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Washington. Rubio sent a letter to the State Department Wednesday, Oct. 12, demanding a harder crackdown on Iran and its nuclear weapons ambitions amid its alleged role in Israel's war with Hamas.

Israel war: Rubio demands information on Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions

Misty Severi · October 12, 2023 5:30 pm