Nukes

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…

The AIRS (Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere) is the most accurate inertial navigation (INS) system ever developed, and perhaps marks the end of a long process of continuous refinement of INS technology. This immensely complex and expensive INS unit has "thi…

In response to the September 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced plans to deploy additional personnel and air and missile defense assets to the Middle East including one Patriot battery, four Sentinel radars, and 200 s…

Fact: Clearly, the program itself would not have deterred the West; it could not have produced a viable weapon by 2011. However, knowledge of an existing nuclear program might have reduced Assads standing in the West even further, potentially making intervent…

* North Korean, U.S. negotiators met near Stockholm * North Korean negotiator puts blame on U.S. (Adds reaction from South Korea's presidential office) By Johan Ahlander and Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Working-level nuclear talks in Sweden…

Image copyrightReutersImage caption Talks are talking place on the island of Lidingo, northeast of Stockholm US and North Korean officials have arrived in Sweden to restart nuclear talks in the hope of breaking a stalemate between the two countries. The l…

North Korea warned the world on Friday that its latest missile test was a powerful blow to its enemies, calling the weapon a time bomb and the "most fearful dagger. Wednesdays missile test of the Pukguksong-3 rocket, the 11th test North Korea has conducted …

Enlarge/ Simulated temperature changes 2 years after a hypothetical nuclear war between India and Pakistan. 0 with 0 posters participating There are few things humans have committed to as whole-heartedly as the art of killing. The culmination of this effort…