Nuclear Missile Technology

Russia, US discussed nuclear arms

Why fears of a nuclear arms race are rising after US-Russia treaty expires

The New START treaty served as a bulwark against a renewed nuclear arms race between the US and Russia, who together possess almost 90% of the world’s atomic warheads. The bilateral accord expired on Feb.

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America risks a nuclear-arms race with China

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Kremlin says Russia and US agree that quick nuclear arms are talks needed

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New START Treaty Expires, Raising Concerns of a New Arms Race

The New START nuclear treaty between Russia and the U.S. expired without a new agreement, removing limits on their nuclear arsenals.

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The last US-Russia nuclear pact expires, prompting fears of a new arms race

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China shuns calls to enter nuclear talks after US-Russia treaty lapses

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Trump rejects Putin offer of one-year extension of New START deployment limits

"Rather than extend "New START ... we should have our Nuclear Experts work on a new, improved and modernized Treaty that can last long into the future," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platf...

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With US-Russia nuclear treaty set to expire, Trump calls for new stronger pact

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Nuclear war risk is ‘higher’ now than the Cold War after US and Russia treaty ends

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Countdown to an Arms Race

The last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.

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Russia shows nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system deployed in Belarus

Russia deployed its intermediate-range ballistic missile system Oreshnik to Belarus, Russia's Defence Ministry announced Tuesday, releasing first images of the nuclear-capable weapon system entering active service. The ministry released footage showing ...

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Nuclear deterrence is dying. And hardly anyone notices

Nuclear weapons are not going to suddenly disappear. But they might create a more dangerous world in which countries are neither safely deterred nor meaningfully disarmed.

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Debatable: Trump’s Golden Dome

Put into motion by an executive order Trump signed last year, the Golden Dome is billed by proponents as a way to better guard the US homeland against fast-evolving missile threats from the likes of China and Russia.

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India Successfully Test-Fires Agni-3 Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile With 3500 km Strike Range

India successfully test-fired the Agni-3 nuclear-capable ballistic missile, validating its 3000-3500 km strike range and showcasing the country's growing defence capabilities.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Insights from emerging experts on nuclear weapons and AI

This year’s contributors to the Bulletin’s “Voices of Tomorrow” section, which features essays and opinion pieces by rising experts, focused heavily on the threats posed by nuclear weapons. We also published a few pieces by younger authors ...

The Nation

Will Technology Save Us From a Nuclear Attack?

So far, the Golden Dome seems more like a marketing concept designed to enrich arms contractors and burnish Trump’s image rather than a carefully thought-out defense program. A nuclear test on May 25, 1953, at the Nevada Proving Grounds. This article ...

The Diplomat

Want an Explanation for China’s Nuclear Build-up?

News last week that China had published a white paper on arms control seemed promising, because it raised hopes that Beijing would provide some rationale or plan for its nuclear expansion of the past few years. Alas, it did no such thing. China has been ...

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Iran warns US, Israel its nuclear technology ‘cannot be eliminated’

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iran’s nuclear technology “cannot be eliminated,” the country’s top military commander warned on Saturday, responding to US President Donald Trump’s threat of military strikes if Tehran fails to reach a nuclear agreement with

Wall Street Journal

Nuclear Weapons Programs

Negotiators are convening in Vienna this week with the aim of reviving the 2015 international nuclear agreement, a top foreign-policy goal of the Biden administration. Israeli officials say a partial accord would be a gift to the new hard-line government ...