Nuclear Strategy
U.S. Nuclear War Plan Option Sought Destruction of China and Soviet...
Edited by William Burr
Aug 15, 2018
Pre-delegation Instructions Excluded Yugoslavia from Attack on “Sino-Soviet” Nations
SIOP-64 Established Overkill Levels of Expected Damage: 95 Percent
The SIOP Revisited
U.S....
How America Could Accidentally Push Russia into a Nuclear War
By Jeffrey Edmonds
February 6, 2018
The Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review calls for expanding nuclear options to include low-yield nuclear weapons. While there may be...
‘Listen to us now’: Putin unveils new Russian nuclear arsenal
1 Mar, 2018
Russia has developed a number of advanced weapons systems, including a nuclear-powered cruise missile, which make all US capabilities aimed at undermining...
Putin’s Address Throws a Wet Blanket on New Arms Race Proponents...
President Vladimir Putin's address to the Federal Assembly sends a message to both the people of Russia and to the West, Russian analysts and...
‘Now you will listen’: Putin claims new nuclear weapons can bypass...
By Laura King and Sabra Ayres
Mar 01, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted Thursday that Russia has developed a new generation of nuclear weapons capable of...
First US Reactions to Putin
Pentagon 'Not Surprised' by Russia’s Nuclear Claims, ‘Fully Prepared’ to Defend US
By Ken Bredemeier
March 01, 2018
PENTAGON —
U.S. military planners are brushing aside Russian claims...
Nuclear Doctrine: US Will No Longer Restrain Its Atomic Capability
07.02.2018
Washington's Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) 2018 is a double-edged doctrine, as it seeks to prevent North Korea from assertive actions, but could at the...
China carries out anti-missile test amid tension over North Korea’s nuclear...
By Liu Zhen
6 February, 2018
China carried out a successful test of its anti-missile system on Monday, the defence ministry said, amid simmering tensions over...
China needs more nuclear warheads to deter US threat, military says
Commentary says the existing stockpile is big enough to prevent ‘bullying’ but should be expanded as Washington changes strategy
By Minnie Chan
Tuesday, 30 January, 2018
In...
America’s National Defense Is Really Offense
By Philip M. GIRALDI
26.01.2018
On Friday, the Pentagon released an unclassified summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy report. On the same day, Secretary of Defense...