Nukes

Photo: Jim Kerlin, AP More than half a century ago this week, the United States conducted its only farm-to-table nuclear missile test. The test, code-named “Frigate Bird,” involved the launch of a Polaris missile from a submarine carrying a live nuclear warhead. The missile travelled a thousand miles before streaking…

Just out of a milestone nuclear missile accord, the US is about to deploy short- and intermediate-range missiles in Europe and Asia, prompting Moscow to engage France and other partners to preserve security on the continent. "In order to agree on specific solutions, we need multilateral talks and multilateral consultations…

US Cyber Command, DHS, and FBI Expose New North Korean Malware (zdnet.com) Posted by msmash on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:05PM from the more-you-know dept. US Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations have exposed today a new North Korean hacking operation. Authorities have…

Key point: America probably doesn't have a super powerful, super fast drone (although you never know). If the Pentagon doesn't have a secret weapon up its sleeve, then who knows those Iranians saw.Iran is the only other country besides the United States to operate arguably history’s most powerful interceptor aircraft, the…

Key Point: Even before the Emirati and French wins in 2009, the Americans knew the F-22 could be beaten, although they rarely mentioned this uncomfortable fact. What does this mean for the future of the F-22, and the U.S. Air Force? Past evidence seems to confirm that a French fighter pilot…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly has dismissed the U.S. president’s unprecedented engagement with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as futile, saying he had never believed North Korea would give up its nuclear weapons and Pyongyang had played the United States to its…

The map illustrates all confirmed in Singapore, which are colour-coded to show the newest cases in red, existing cases in orange, and locations that those infected with the virus visited in white. sgwuhan.xose.net This story was updated on Wednesday (Feb 19). A map showing the spread of confirmed coronavirus cases…

Key point: In wartime, a navy projects naval power in order to deny the enemy the ability to do the same.It’s a universal truth handed down since antiquity: a country with a coastline has a navy. Big or small, navies worldwide have the same basic mission—to project military might into neighboring…

Nukes haven't stopped wars from breaking out for 75 years. Yet the administration is asking for $46 billion to build more.Cover of 'Atomic War' comic book, 1952. (Ace Comics)On Monday, President Trump delivered his $740.5 billion defense budget to Congress. A first pass on the pork reveals the usual suspects:…

The annual budget request favors research over older planes, and speeds work into refreshing the nuclear triad. President Donald Trump on Monday submitted to Congress a $740 billion national security budget request heavy on investment in updating the nation's nuclear arsenal and providing a substantial boost to research and development,…