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Amidst Nuclear Saber Rattling, New START Treaty Demonstrates Importance
Shortly after Russian military forces invaded Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin said that he had ordered Russian nuclear forces on high combat alert – apparently to deter the United States from...
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Lakenheath Air Base Added To Nuclear Weapons Storage Site Upgrades
The US Air Force base at Lakenheath has been added to the list of nuclear weapons storage sites being upgraded in Europe. US Defense Department documents show that NATO has quietly added the United...
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New Environmental Assessment Reveals Fascinating Alternatives to Land-Based...
A new Air Force environmental assessment reveals that it considered basing ICBMs in underground railway tunnels––or possibly underwater. Map of the ICBM missile fields contained within the Air...
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NATO Steadfast Noon Exercise And Nuclear Modernization in Europe
The Steadfast Noon exercise will practice employment of non-strategic nuclear weapons, like this unarmed B61-4 nuclear gravity bomb dropped by an F-15E from the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath....
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The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review: Arms Control Subdued By Military Rivalry
On 27 October 2022, the Biden administration finally released an unclassified version of its long-delayed Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). The classified NPR was released to Congress in March 2022, but...
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The C-17A Has Been Cleared To Transport B61-12 Nuclear Bomb To Europe
C-17As of the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Seattle have been cleared to transport new B61-12 nuclear bomb. In November 2022, the Air Force updated its safety rules for airlift...
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If Arms Control Collapses, US and Russian Strategic Nuclear Arsenals Could...
On January 31st, the State Department issued its annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the New START Treaty, with a notable––yet unsurprising––conclusion: “Based on the information...
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STRATCOM Says China Has More ICBM Launchers Than The United States – We Have...
In early-February 2023, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) had informed Congress that China now has more launchers for Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)...
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Was There a U.S. Nuclear Weapons Accident At a Dutch Air Base? [no, it was...
Did the U.S. Air Force suffer a nuclear weapons accident at Volkel Air Base? Did the U.S. Air Force suffer a nuclear weapons accident at an airbase in Europe a few years back? [Update: After USAFE...
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Video Indicates that Lida Air Base Might Get Russian “Nuclear Sharing”...
On 14 April 2023, the Belarusian Ministry of Defence released a short video of a Su-25 pilot explaining his new role in delivering “special [nuclear] munitions” following his training in Russia. The...
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