Nukes

Image copyrightEPAImage caption Cyber-attacks aim to take over - or cripple - entire computer systems Iran has foiled a second cyber-attack in under a week, the country's telecommunications minister says. Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said the attack had t…

North Korea says it successfully performed another "crucial test" as its long-range rocket launch site that would further strengthen its "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent." The announcement on Saturday comes as North Korea continues to pressure the Trump…

Russia said on Friday it was alarmed after the United States tested a ground-launched ballistic missile that would have been banned under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the RIA news agency reported.

The U.S. military launched a new ground-based missile yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California that landed in the Pacific Ocean. The missile had previously been banned under a Reagan-era treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, but this was…

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…