Nukes

On Wednesday, US troops vacated the LaFarge Cement Factory base, which they shared with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters. The SDF fighters lit their area on fire and left, according to reports, and US troops threatened oncoming Turkish-back…

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia removed three US diplomats from a train near the site of a mysterious military testing accident on Monday because they did not have special permits to be in the area, the Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. Russia's state nu…

Key point: The MOP bomb will increase the firepower and options of the Air Force. EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. The U.S. Air Force is asking the Boeing Co.to build additional Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-busting super bombs under terms of a $70 million co…

Russian President Vladimir Putin, seen here on Oct. 11, 2019, told Arab broadcasters he had no reliable information about who was behind last months attack on Saudi oil facilities. The Canadian Press Russia can play a positive role in easing tensions in th…

Key point: Submarines are very useful for power projection and deterrence. On July 12, 2019, French president Emmanuel Macron celebrated the imminent launch of Frances first new nuclear-powered submarine in over a decadethe Barracuda-class vessel Suffren. A …

An Aug. 8 nuclear accident near Nyonoksa, Russia, was caused by a nuclear reaction that occurred while Russians were attempting to recover a nuclear-powered cruise missile submerged in the White Sea after a failed test last year.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is awarding a posthumous pardon to a leading metal scientist whose work helped secure an Allied victory in World War II. The White House announced on Thursday that Trump was granting clemency to Zay Jeffries, who grew…

The US nuclear forces modernization program has been portrayed to the public as an effort to ensure the reliability and safety of warheads in the US nuclear arsenal, rather than to enhance their military capabilities. In reality, however, that program has imp…

Technical experts were investigating the cause of the explosion, according to the state news media, adding that they believed the ship had been targeted in a terrorist attack. The reports of a missile attack will almost certainly ratchet up tensions in the r…

Key point: Tehran could succeed, but then they'd suffer the consequences. Recent events again raise the possibility of war between the United States and Iran. The on again, off again standoff between Washington and Tehran, now in its fourth decade is periodi…