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China's rapidly expanding nuclear weapon stockpile remains opaque
Without providing the world with any word of explanation, in the past five years the People's Liber…
ANI
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India modernising nuclear arsenal to target China from southern bases: US experts
As per the article, India has produced around 600 kilograms of weapons-grade plutonium, whic…
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China carried out its first known test of an ICBM in the Pacific Ocean for more than four decades
The test of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a dummy warhead comes amid concerns over Ch…
Hannah Abraham
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The war in Ukraine has 'opened Pandora's box' in Europe, and now new strike weapons are on the way, nuclear-weapons expert says
The US and its allies are bolstering their arsenals of long-range weapons in response to how those …
Chris Panella
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China now has 500 warheads and is building its nuclear arsenal faster than any other country, think tank says
China increased its nuclear warheads from 410 in 2023 to 500 at the start of 2024, per the Stockhol…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Putin put the last major nuclear arms treaty with the US on 'life support,' risking pulling the world back to a 'dangerous' time of uncontrolled arsenals, nuke experts say
"It's bad and could and probably will get worse," one UN researcher said in response. "God only kno…
Jake Epstein,Chris Panella
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Scientists discover a massive field of nuclear silos in China, signaling a significant nuclear expansion in the country
About 250 nuclear silos are under construction in China. Chinese ICBM capacity could rise above 875…
Vanessa Gu
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Putin's nuclear threats are stirring fears of a nightmare scenario. Here's what's in his arsenal and what could happen if he orders the unthinkable.
Alarm is growing as Russian forces retreat and Putin's rhetoric grows more unhinged. Here's how a R…
John Haltiwanger,Charles R. D…
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60 years after the Cuban missile crisis, the nuclear dangers posed by the war in Ukraine are 'far worse,' experts warn
"Kennedy and Khrushchev were willing to discuss a way of walking back the confrontation. There is n…
John Haltiwanger
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Nuclear weapons expert says we should be 'extraordinarily concerned' about Putin nuking Ukraine
Hans Kristensen, a nuclear expert at the Federation of American Scientists, said he's increasingly …
Charles R. Davis
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Trump keeps threatening US enemies with destructive power greater than nuclear weapons - experts say that's 'crazy talk'
"I can't ever rule out that there isn't some new thing under development, but I'm thinking this is …
Ryan Pickrell
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Trump is threatening to wage economic war on a country the US bases nukes in
The bombs have been housed there since the 1960s, The New Yorker reports. Even at that time, US off…
Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes
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Russia could be storing nuclear weapons less than 50 miles from the Polish border
"The features of the site suggest it could potentially serve Russian Air Force or Navy dual-capable…
John Haltiwanger
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New photos show Russia's building up its military on NATO's doorstep, but the alliance says it won't be intimidated
Work continues at the apparent nuclear storage site identified earlier, and another 40 new bunkers,…
Ryan Pickrell
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Russia just successfully tested one of its newest ICBMs - Here's what it can do
"The aggregate data shows that Russia has continued to increase its deployed strategic warheads sin…
Daniel Brown
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US nukes just got a lot deadlier - and experts say it could cause Russia to attack
But the US has even bigger nukes which sit in missile silos underground as ICBMs. Historically, the…
Alex Lockie
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A leaked Pentagon document shows that the Trump administration wants to expand the US nuclear arsenal
"The United States remains committed to its efforts in support of the ultimate global elimination o…
Michal Kranz
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Here's Where We Think The World's Nukes Are Stored - And What It Says About Global Security
It's not necessarily a positive development, though: Kristensen and Morris note that Russia hasn't …
Armin Rosen
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China has outfitted missiles capable of reaching the US with multiple nuclear warheads
Foregoing a longstanding policy of maintaining a small nuclear force, Beijing has begun to place mu…
Jeremy Bender
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Israel's Nuclear Arsenal Might Be Smaller And More Strategic Than Everyone Thinks
Unanswered questions. Nuclear secrecy has its benefits. It prevents Israel from being able to carry…