Tag: Nuclear Weapons

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

National Security

America’s new nukes: Better not bigger

Jamie McIntyre · February 28, 2020 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Coronavirus, super-plagues, and why we need nuclear deterrence against biological warfare

Tom Rogan · February 27, 2020 6:57 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron, center, speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, right, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. After almost two years of sparring the EU will be discussing the bloc's budget, to work out Europe's spending plans for the next seven years.

World leaders ‘racing against time’ to save Iran nuclear deal

Tim Pearce · February 26, 2020 7:56 pm

MSC / Kuhlmann

Macron ‘broke the nuclear taboo’: Poland rebuffs France’s play for European independence from US

Joel Gehrke · February 17, 2020 2:29 pm

The entrance to F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, is seen Thursday, May 24, 2018.

Airmen at Wyoming missile base relieved of security duties following alleged marijuana use

Abraham Mahshie · February 11, 2020 8:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

Mark Esper should be designated survivor

Tom Rogan · February 4, 2020 9:47 pm

An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) off the coast of California. The test launch was part of the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programâs demonstration and shakedown operation certification process. The successful launch certified the readiness of an SSBN crew and the operational performance of the submarineâs strategic weapons system before returning to operational availability.

Beltway Confidential

Trump corrects Obama’s appeasement and deploys a nuclear message to Russia

Tom Rogan · January 31, 2020 11:00 am

This Jan. 26, 2020, satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. that has been annotated by experts at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies shows activity at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in Iran's Semnan province. Iranian officials and satellite images suggest the Islamic Republic is preparing to launch a satellite into space after three major failures last year, the latest for a program which the U.S. claims helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.

Iran preparing another satellite launch attempt after recent failures, images indicate

Zach Halaschak · January 28, 2020 5:17 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gestures as he watches a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. North Korea is holding one of its biggest celebrations for the 70th anniversary of its ruling party's creation.

Kim Jong Un’s aunt spotted for first time since husband was executed in 2013

Zach Halaschak · January 27, 2020 11:01 pm

Unidentified International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors and Iranian technicians are on hand to cut the connections between the twin cascades for 20 percent uranium enrichment at Natanz facility, some 200 miles (322 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014.

Iran says it has the ability to enrich uranium ‘at any percentage’

Zach Halaschak · January 25, 2020 5:35 pm

Beltway Confidential

Doomsday Clock becomes a total joke

Tom Rogan · January 24, 2020 2:26 pm

The Doomsday Clock is moved during The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists news conference, in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.The Doomsday Clock is set at two minutes to Midnight.

‘Catastrophe in seconds’: Doomsday Clock set closest to midnight in its history

Zach Halaschak · January 23, 2020 4:42 pm