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U.S. intelligence leaders on Wednesday outlined a dizzying range of national security threats facing America, while making clear that China ranked atop the list. The ruling Chinese Communist Party “represents both the leading and most consequential threat to U.S. national security and leadership globally,” Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines…

North Korea is expected to conduct massive military training with both nuclear and conventional weapons and launch a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile in March and April, the National Intelligence Service told lawmakers Tuesday. The drills would be timed to coincide with joint South Korea-U.S. military exercises and a Seoul-Washington…

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Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN  —  Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility, according to the UN’s nuclear watchdog, as the US warned that Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb was accelerating. In a restricted report seen by CNN, the Vienna-based International…

The UN nuclear watchdog confirmed on Tuesday it had detected particles of uranium enriched up just under the 90 percent needed to produce an atomic bomb. "Discussions are still ongoing" to determine the origin of these particles, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a confidential report seen by…

The nuclear-powered submarine USS Springfield arrived in Busan port last week to send a warning to North Korea after a flurry of missile launches.  On Saturday, the U.S. Pacific Fleet posted images on Facebook of the Springfield lying at anchor.  The U.S. is more frequently sending top-end weaponry to South…

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 24, 2023 / Anyone living in Hawaii remembers the nuclear missile warning that hit 1.5 million cell phones in 2018. This is the incredible premise of the new, high-profile film from director Tim Chey. The film was a sensation at the Cannes Film…

North Korea said it held a 'strategic cruise missile launching drill', firing four Hwasal-2s.— AFP/fileSEOUL: North Korea said Friday it had fired cruise missiles and claimed that ramped-up US-South Korean military drills "can be regarded as a declaration of war". It came after the two allies conducted a tabletop exercise…

Last month, President Yoon Suk-yeol made an off-the-cuff remark during a press briefing to the effect that if the North Korean nuclear and missile threat grew much worse, South Korea could consider building its own nuclear weapons. He almost immediately conditioned the comment by reaffirming standing policy of retaining South…

WASHINGTON —  It seemed to be a scary example of bellicose warmongering foreshadowing a catastrophic escalation. But Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement this week that he was abandoning the last major nuclear arms control treaty may have been more symbolic than a threat of concrete action. Symbolic, but a mighty potent…