Nuclear Weapons

Since 1945, there has not been one military use of a nuclear weapon. For the most part, the concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) kept the nuclear powers in check. However, that doesn’t mean that the world has been safe during this time. To the contrary, the age of the…

Key point: Beijing has its own nuclear triad and its sea-based deterrent is especially potent. Here is how China ended up getting (and improving) its own bomb. China’s nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs, or “boomers”) are soon to become a major worry for the United States.  How does this change the…

(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired three unidentified projectiles off its east coast on Monday, South Korea’s military said, two days after the North threatened to take “momentous” action to protest outside condemnation over its earlier live-fire exercises. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement it detected…

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is set to visit Sochi later this month for talks with his Chinese and Russian counterparts Wang Yi and Sergey Lavrov, which could range from the situation in Afghanistan to the danger to international security posed by the collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)…

Key Point: The adversarial relationship between India and Pakistan makes the Indian subcontinent one of the most dangerous places on Earth.The Indian subcontinent is home to two of the largest armies on Earth. Not only are the armies of India and Pakistan both larger in personnel than the U.S. Army, but…

Key point: The new super-large MLR extends the range and explosive force of Pyongyang’s existing non-nuclear arsenal.North Korea on Oct. 31, 2019 fired two rockets from its new “super-large” multiple rocket launch system, potentially escalating tension between Washington and Pyongyang as talks over North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program stall out.The projectiles launched…

Advanced Micro Devices executives argued Thursday at the company’s investor day that the chip maker is gaining ground on its competition, starting with two major wins for top supercomputer chip deals. Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices, said that AMD beat out “heated competition” for the Lawrence…

Despite a massive coronavirus-related public health crisis, an anti-Iran pressure group with close ties to the Trump administration is urging major pharmaceutical companies to “end their Iran business,” focusing on companies with special licenses — most often under a broadly defined “humanitarian exemption” — to conduct trade with Iran. With…

There was a time when a book could change the world. Biologist and writer Rachel Carson’s early works about the ocean were besotted with life. But her fourth book, Silent Spring, was a searing indictment of synthetic ­pesticides—grim nerve agents for insects like DDT that she called “elixirs of death.”…

By Hyonhee ShinSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter expressing hope for South Korea to overcome a coronavirus outbreak, President Moon Jae-in's office said on Thursday, as the South battles the biggest epidemic of the disease outside China.The two sides' exchanges have ground nearly…