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Tag: Aegis Missile Defense system

US weighs its options against an ‘undeterrable’ Kim regime

by William Holland January 16, 2018

The political nature of a regime matters, for nuclear deterrence remains more art than science. When US National Security Adviser H R McMaster revealed the North Korean regime to be undeterrable, it infused realpolitik back into US defense architecture. Entire departments of defense must now reckon with what cannot be quantified, namely the ruthless nature […]

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by Emanuele Scimia December 22, 2017

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by Ted Gover September 6, 2017

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