Nukes

North Korea on Sunday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea said, calling it "very inappropriate" at a time when the world is battling the coronavirus pandemic. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the projectiles flying from the North Korean eastern coastal city of…

On a recent evening in Tehran, apartment dwellers on lockdown inside the city’s ubiquitous concrete tower blocks threw open their windows at 8pm, and serenaded each other with the national anthem. Across the world in Washington, D.C., people have coped with isolation in much the same way, belting out songs…

Michael James USA TODAYPublished 12:32 AM EDT Mar 27, 2020The U.S. surged past China and Italy to become the planet's most infected nation Thursday, a stark milestone in the coronavirus era - and a reminder of its deadly, culture-changing effects on American life.The Johns Hopkins University dash board showed the U.S.…

Main Blog > "I Once Convinced a Woman in College Red Dawn Was a True Story." The most Reagan Era movie of the Reagan Era was, I think, Red Dawn. This Cold War film depicted a sudden invasion of the United States by communist nations led by the Soviet Union.…

Key point: Washington and Moscow are building new missiles once banned under the INF Treaty. How much might this destabilize the world? The U.S. military on Aug. 18, 2019 successfully tested a ground-launched, intermediate-range, nuclear-capable cruise missile. It’s exactly the kind of kind of missile that the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces…

Longtime followers of work are accustomed to say asking “Where does he get such wonderful toys?”. This time around he’s laid bare the guidance computer from a Titan missile. To be specific, this is the computer that would have been found in the Titan II, an intercontinental ballistic missile that…

North Korea has launched what are presumed to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military.The projectiles were fired early on Saturday morning.South Korean said they were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. The statement…

North Korea on Saturday fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast, Seoul’s military said. The projectiles were fired from North Pyongan province into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in…

(Recasts, adds description of KCNA photos) By Joyce Lee SEOUL, March 21 (Reuters) - North Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off the east coast of the Korean peninsula, South Korea's military said on Saturday, after what analysts said was a show…

Washington (AFP) - The United States announced Friday it has successfully tested an unarmed prototype of a hypersonic missile, a nuclear-capable weapon that could accelerate the arms race between superpowers.The Pentagon said a test glide vehicle flew at hypersonic speeds -- more than five times the speed of sound, or…