Nuclear Weapons

US military ‘furiously’ reevaluating deterrence strategy with China and Russia

US military ‘furiously’ reevaluating deterrence strategy with China and Russia

Mike Brest · August 11, 2022 12:00 am

UN chief: Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine war would ‘probably’ kill us all

Joel Gehrke · August 8, 2022 8:38 pm

Russia announces temporary withdrawal from New START treaty

Brady Knox · August 8, 2022 8:34 pm

Nuclear catastrophe ‘miraculously’ avoided, Ukraine’s state nuclear company says

Brady Knox · August 8, 2022 6:10 pm

UN chief warns humanity is ‘one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation’

Mike Brest · August 1, 2022 6:05 pm

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California. The test launch was part of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programâs demonstration and shakedown operation certification process. The successful launch certified the readiness of an SSBN crew and the operational performance of the submarineâs strategic weapons system before returning to operational availability.

Beltway Confidential

The folly of removing NATO nuclear weapons from Europe

Tom Rogan · July 25, 2022 7:09 pm

FILE - In this April 15, 2012 file photo, a North Korean vehicle carrying a missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. Japan has evidence that vehicles capable of transporting and launching missiles were exported to North Korea by a Chinese company in possible violation of U.N. sanctions, Japanese media reported Wednesday, June 13, 2012. China called the reports inaccurate, and denied violating any U.N. restriction. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

Beltway Confidential

Are US officials finally admitting that North Korea’s nuclear weapons are here to stay?

Daniel DePetris · July 20, 2022 6:03 pm

Of course Iran wants the bomb, it has been telling us so for 20 years

Of course Iran wants the bomb, it has been telling us so for 20 years

Michael Rubin · July 19, 2022 12:00 am

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, above, has said his country will hold talks with other agreement partners on continuing the deal.

Iran capable of making nuclear bomb, senior official says

Jack Birle · July 17, 2022 10:50 pm

Mayor Eric Adams speaks during âCelebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding" where hundreds of couples whose weddings were cancelled or diminished during the COVID-19 pandemic participated in a symbolic multicultural ceremony at Damrosch Park, Sunday, July 10, 2022, in New York. Adams defended the city's decision to release a PSA advising the city what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

‘Better safe than sorry’: NYC mayor backs nuclear PSA released by city

Asher Notheis · July 13, 2022 4:09 pm

‘Stay tuned’: NYC video explains what to do in the event of a nuclear attack

Asher Notheis · July 12, 2022 5:40 pm

NATO sends nuclear retaliation warning to Russia and China

Joel Gehrke · June 29, 2022 8:49 pm