Global Security News
It is Not Imperative to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
Can the US and its allies get to abolition from where the world is today--which is a world of multiple nuclear armed peer adversaries? No, for at least four reasons.
Does Size Matter in Nuclear Affairs?
More specifically, are two-to-three hundred warheads enough for deterrence?
The Top 10 Fighter Jets in the World
Top 10 Fighter Jets include the F-35, F-22, J-20, Su-57 and the F/A-18.
The Defense Budget in Perspective
The US annual budget deficit now approaches $1.5 trillion.
China Has 3 Long-Range Nuclear Armed Ballistic Missiles Able to Hit California
The United States would only consider the use of nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances
Pentagon 2022 Nuclear Posture Review Calls for Weapons "Flexibility" to Counter China
China is massively expanding its nuclear weapons arsenal
Air Force Builds 400 New "Sentinel" ICBMs to Prevent Enemy "Bolt Out of the Blue" Salvo Attack
What if the continental US were unexpectedly attacked by a massive salvo of incoming enemy nuclear missiles?
New Air Force "Sentinel" ICBM to Fire Off 2024 - Counter Future Threats
What if the continental US were unexpectedly targeted by a massive salvo of incoming enemy nuclear missiles?
Pentagon ICBM-Destroying Next-Gen Interceptor Moves Closer to Flight
An attacking ICBM can travel along with deliberately placed phony missile decoys
JADC2 High-Speed Attack: Pentagon Breaks Through With Joint, Multi-Domain Networking
US military services have been experimenting with technologies designed to “network” the joint force
Pentagon "Cyber-Hardens" New ICBM to Counter Enemy Hackers
How can the US safeguard its nuclear arsenal from cyberattack?
Could the US Survive With a "Dyad" Nuclear Deterrence -- Without Ground-Fired ICBM?
Could the US Survive With a "Dyad" & No Ground-Fired ICBM?
The Paradox of Nuclear Deterrence: Air Force Fires Minuteman III ICBM, Accelerates New Sentinel Nuclear Missile for 2029
An unarmed Minuteman III ICBM carrying three re-entry vehicles traveled 4,200 miles during a test demonstration flight
Putin’s Machiavellian “Scare” Tactics May Not Be Working
Given Putin’s known terror tactics his subordinates may simply operate out of a sense of fear. This fear of Putin, one could imagine, may lead them to distort war developments.
The Iran Man Behind the Nuclear Curtain
The 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) may be resurrected, but opposition is coming from an unusual place
Ukraine Launches Intense Counteroffensive
Could Ukraine “win” its war against Russian invaders?
ICBMS and Nuclear Warfighting
Today, a much more limited Russian nuclear first strike is feared, as President Putin has explicitly threatened NATO with a nuclear attack some thirty five times.
Ayman al-Zawahiri Drone Strike
Budgets for large drones such as the Reaper and Global Hawk have been the subject of debate, yet their value is clearly understood
Pentagon Pursues Cutting Edge Tech to Stop Hypersonic Missiles
The Space Development Agency is accelerating its plan to launch 28 new satellites by 2025 through its $1.3 billion Tranche 1 Tracking Layer missile warning program
Accelerating Hypersonic Missile Defense: Space Development Agency to Launch 28 New Satellites by 2025
Contracts were just awarded to Northrop Grumman and L3 for the $1.3 billion Tranche 1 Tracking Layer missile warning program.
The New Nuclear Window of Vulnerability
The number of explicit Russian nuclear threats to NATO following the Russian invasion of Ukraine has now reached nearly three dozen
The Fourth Nuclear Window of Vulnerability
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has fully opened the fourth nuclear window of vulnerability facing the US in the nuclear age.
The Oncoming Drone Explosion
“Explosion” would be an accurate word to describe the global economic market when it comes to the use of small drones and unmanned systems for both commercial and military operation
New Nuclear Arms Race - America's Fault?
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute warned that most nuclear powers, particularly China, are modernizing their nuclear weapons