Nuclear Weapon Design

Russia's nuclear doctrine shift

What To Make of Russia's New Nuclear Doctrine | Opinion

While Putin telegraphed an evolution of Russia's nuclear doctrine back in September, it's reasonable to assume Moscow's written version of the change was sped up by Biden's ATACMS move. The Russians have spent months warning Washington that permitting Ukraine to employ longer-range U.

CBS News on MSN · 3d

Putin just approved a new nuclear weapons doctrine for Russia. Here's what it means.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved changes formally lowering the threshold at which his country can consider a nuclear attack.

The Associated Press on MSN · 4d

The Kremlin has revised its nuclear policy. Does that make the use of atomic weapons more likely?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revamped version of his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the bar on when he could use Moscow’s atomic arsenal

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Pentagon “adjusts nuclear deterrence strategy” amid escalating war with Russia

The Department of Defense published a report on Thursday with details of changes to US arms strategy in an environment of ...

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Beyond the point of no return: Why aren’t self-aborting nuclear weapons a thing?

Did you know that once a nuclear weapon is launched, there is currently no way to abort the mission? Find out why.

Explainer: How the US tracks ballistic missile launches

The United States has layers of sensors that can spot, track and identify ballistic missile launches such as the Russian IRBM ...

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China and India Flex New Hypersonic Weaponry

India tested its first long-range hypersonic missile following China revealing its design of a similar advanced weapon.

The Times of Israel8d

Israel hit nuke weapons research site in Iran last month, set back program — report

Strike destroyed equipment used to design explosives for bomb; will have to be replaced if regime seeks to press ahead. IAEA ...

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Putin lowers bar for Russia to use nuclear weapons as Ukraine launches long-range missiles

Later, Russian President Vladimir Putin lowered the bar for Russia’s use of nuclear weapons. A U.S. official confirmed Tuesday that Ukraine had launched its first strikes with ATACMS missiles ...

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