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Global Strike commander: Nuclear deterrence fundamental to national security
The commander of Air Force Global Strike Command visited here recently to discuss the command’s mission and its significance to Air Force operations. Lt. Gen. Jim Kowalski spoke to students from the Air War College, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and Air Command and Staff College. AFGSC’s role in maintaining strategic stability, deterring [...]
Air Force Funds Future ICBM Studies
The first of several studies to determine the best options for maintaining or replacing the nation’s 450 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile weapons systems after 2030 is underway, Air Force officials said here recently. “The Air Force is strongly committed to the ground-based leg of the nation’s nuclear triad and we’re taking all actions appropriate [...]
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile
Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test fired a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads, the military said. The military said in a statement that Ghauri Hatf 5, with a range of 1,300 kilometres (800 miles), could carry conventional and other warheads. The launch was conducted by the Army Strategic Force command’s strategic [...]
Mullen Urges New Methods of Deterrence
PALO ALTO, Calif.: The United States needs to develop new ways of looking at deterrence for the 21st century, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said here today. During a speech at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said he wants to take the lessons of the past in nuclear deterrence [...]
NKorea vows to bolster nuclear deterrence against US
Seoul: North Korea threatened Sunday to bolster its nuclear deterrence against the United States, as the leaders of key US allies South Korea and Japan discussed tensions on the communist state. Pyongyang’s ruling communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun said the North’s nuclear drive could be justified by the “US introduction of nuclear weapons into South [...]
Russia will not make its soil available for US missile defense
MOSCOW: Russia will not advance U.S. military plans aimed at itself and will not make its territory available for the deployment of U.S. missile defense elements, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Commenting on U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ suggestion that U.S. missile defense sites could be deployed on Russian soil, Andrei Nesterenko said [...]
Russian Senator Hits Out at US Nuclear Deterrence Report
MOSCOW: A senior Russian politician has expressed “surprise” and “indignation” at the contents of a report by an influential U.S. think tank that calls for “minimal nuclear deterrence.” The study by the Federation of American Scientists and Natural Resources Defense Council recommends a nuclear policy that would see Washington target nuclear missiles at major industrial [...]
US experts propose minimal deterrence nuclear targeting policy
MOSCOW: A respected U.S. think tank has released a report calling for fundamental changes to Washington’s nuclear war planning. The Federation of American Scientists and Natural Resources Defense Council has published a study entitled From Counterforce to Minimal Deterrence: A New Nuclear Policy on the Path Toward Eliminating Nuclear Weapons. It recommends abandoning the decades-old [...]
Deterrence still key to national security, general says
WASHINGTON: Deterrence remains as central to America’s national security as it was during the Cold War, U.S. Strategic Command’s top officer told the Senate Armed Services Committee March 19. “Our unique global perspective has given us a good platform for advocating for the nation’s needs for missile defense; information operations; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities; [...]
