No plans to change US nuke strike rules: Pentagon chief
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday the Pentagon has no plans to pursue a "no-first-use" nuclear weapons policy. His ...
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US Air Force set to replace intercontinental nuke arsenal
Hidden underground in steel-and-concrete silos across rural America, more than 400 intercontinental ballistic missiles point to the skies, poised for ...
How do you solve a problem like North Korea?
North Korea's fifth nuclear test is yet more evidence of how ineffective sanctions are in deterring Pyongyang while China is ...
North Korea leader hails missiles, calls for nuclear build-up
Kim Jong Un labelled North Korea’s latest missile tests “perfect”, state media said Tuesday (Sept 6), as he called for ...
US Nuclear Weapons in Turkey at Risk of Seizure by Terrorists, Hostile Forces
The continued presence of dozens of U.S. nuclear weapons at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey raises serious risks of their ...
US Air Force head ‘concerned’ about no-first-use nukes
The head of the US Air Force on Thursday said she would be "concerned" if President Barack Obama were to ...
North Korea says missile tests simulated nuclear strike on South
North Korea said Wednesday its latest ballistic missile tests trialled detonation devices for possible nuclear strikes on US targets in ...
British MPs back new PM and vote to update nuclear deterrent
New British Prime Minster Theresa May on Monday won her first parliamentary battle when MPs overwhelmingly voted to replace the ...
China Has 260 Nuclear Weapons, Fewer Than 4% of US
Global nuclear weapons in early 2016 saw a slight decrease from 2015, with China ranking fourth with 260 nuclear weapons, ...
US, Russia cutting nuke arsenals, but modernizing: study
The world's biggest nuclear powers, the US and Russia, are slowly reducing their nuclear arsenals but are modernizing their capacities, ...
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