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National Security Journal on MSN15h
North Korea Can Nuke the U.S. Mainland. Will America Still Defend South Korea?
Key Points and Summary – As U.S. President Trump prepares to meet his South Korean counterpart, their alliance faces a ...
Could Golden Dome funding get next-gen interceptor back up to speed?
A piece of the $175 billion Golden Dome pie could give the Next Generation Interceptor a boost to shore up a development ...
The National Interest on MSN1d
North Korea’s Hwasong-18 ICBM Should Terrify the United States
While clearly inspired by Russian designs such as the Topol-M missile, evidence suggests that the Hwasong-18 was largely developed indigenously rather than copied from abroad. The missile’s features ...
Catch News1d
US sole target of nuclear programme: North Korean Official
North Korean Official. A senior North Korean official has stated that its nuclear weapons programme was intended only for the ...
New Statesman2d
Disdain and apathy in Washington DC
North Korea formally withdrew from the NPT in 2003, citing the “hostile policy” of the US after the then president, George W ...
Inside Kim Jong-un’s new beach resort, where the only foreigners are Russian
That didn’t stop Kim last month from hosting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who flew directly to Wonsan and stayed ...
Air Force Technology on MSN1d
What is the true size of Russia’s nuclear strike force?
Russia has sought to free itself from intermediate-ranged ballistic missile restrictions, causing consternation in the West.
The Manila Times on MSN14h
South Korea, U.S. militaries will stage large-scale drills this month to address North Korean threats
South Korea and the United States will launch their annual large-scale military exercise this month to bolster readiness against North Korean threats, the allies said Thursday, in a move likely to ...
Mutually assured destruction is dead. Enemies are circling. And the Pentagon is divided. Nuclear threat is escalating and there's calls for the military to act... be…
For decades, the balance of terror rested on a simple formula: Mutually Assured Destruction between Washington and Moscow.
With only one nuclear arms pact left between the U.S. and Russia, a new arms race is possible
Just one nuclear arms pact between Moscow and Washington is still standing: New START, which experts say is on the ropes and ...
Russia and China tick Doomsday Clock toward midnight as Hiroshima bombing hits 80 years
The Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight as analysts debate nuclear deterrence effectiveness amid rising tensions with ...
‘Children like me had to carry bodies’: Hiroshima survivors urge world not to forget 80 years on
With over 12,000 nuclear warheads still in existence in the world, Maroosha Muzaffar asks are we forgetting the horrors ...