Nukes

Key point: As long as both Beijing and Washington have the ability to destroy each other, they will avoid deliberately escalating a conflict. China has tested a new submarine-launched missile that can hit the United States. The first flight test of the JL-3…

The designations increase the economic pressure that the administration has applied to Iran since May 2018, when President Trump withdrew from an agreement that Iran had reached in 2015 with major world powers to limit its nuclear program. Nuclear experts sai…

Key point (This is from our archive and appeared several years ago): Only an invasion of North Korea would likely stop the regimes missiles for good but that would entail a horrendous war. Both of these following statements are true. (1) Attempts to encoura…

Key point: Beijing feels secure and that it doesn't need to threaten a first-strike to maintain its deterrence. China has reaffirmed its policy of never being the first in a conflict to use nuclear weapons. Experts refer to this policy as no first use, or NF…

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump warned Sunday that North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un could "void" their "special relationship" amid reports that the hermit nation conducted an "important" test at a missile site. "Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far to…

SEOUL: North Korea said Sunday it had carried out a “very important test” at its space launch center, as Pyongyang ramps up pressure on Washington over stalled nuclear talks. The announcement of Saturday’s test at the Sohae satellite launch site came just ho…

Image copyrightAFPImage caption North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un (centre) has so far been tight-lipped about the latest test North Korea says it has carried out a "very important test" at a satellite-launching site. The KCNA state news agency said the re…

Washington (CNN)The Pentagon is considering sending thousands more troops to the Middle East as part of an effort to beef up air defense capabilities in the face of Iranian moves that include its recent transfer of short-range missiles into Iraq, CNN has lear…

Security guards outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, following a shooting by an active-duty U.S. Navy sailor. Caleb Jones/AP A U.S. Navy sailor shot and killed two civilian employees of the Defense Department and wounded a thi…

France, Germany, and the United Kingdom accused Iran of developing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, alleging the move goes against UN Security Council resolutions. Ambassadors from the three European nations urged UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in …